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AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE FREEMAN IS READ BY MORE THAN 100,000 PERSONS EACH WEEK. CAN WE INTEREST YOU? RATES SENT ON APPLICATION. THE FREEMAN AND ETHIOPIA SHALL STRETCH FORTH HER HAND A NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER TYLER TO ARRANGE TAFT CAMPAIGN SPEECHES Booklet Will Appear About March—Senator Foraker Denies Late Stories—"Black Cabinet" Seems Intact. Special by Thompson's National News Bureau REACH Washington, D. C., January 27.—An arrangement has been made by Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, Auditor for the Navy department, for a thorough compilation of the special reports of the Taft on the issues touching the Negro race. The list is to include all of the addresses delivered by Judge Taft before the Chicago convention, during the campaign for the presidency, and the collection complete in detail through the recent itinerary in the State of Georgia. The President-elect has made many the race problems, and the most careful plan has been able to keep track of, for numerous instances the Associated Press, with heavy demands upon its wires and papers, the most careful plan has been able to keep emphasis upon views discordant with their notions, have failed to present adequate reports of what has actually been said. The President-elect has to present in comprehensive form the entire record of Judge Taft on the problems that most deeply concern the well-being of the nation, and will make a clearer understanding of his and his deputy's activities, thereby them, than has been possible in the past. It is peculiarly fitting that it make a lot of effort to pare such a compilation. A trained literary genius, possessing unusual opportunities to become with the methods of up-to-date journalism and an experience covering the issues, has been worthy of the performer and serve well the high purpose which called it forth. No peculiary profit is to be derived by any one from the publication of this book, it is to be circulated free of charge, save for a cover postage. It is expected to be ready about inauguration time, and as it will be circulated from this city, it will be particulary valuable for its loss of colored visitors who will be in need of the discharge. Due notice of the appearance of the work will be made through these columns. It may be said, without fear of successful contradiction, that both Auditor Tyler and Registrar Vernon are universally popular in this community. Both belong to the civic life of the capital and are eagerly sought for addresses by the social, politic and religious community, when meetings of "great pith and moment" are held. Nobody has anything against them and it is agreed on all sides that they are a credit to the race and to the government they serve. Senator Foraker, in a signed statement issue a day or so ago, emphatically declares the stories which have been finding their way to the Senate and his retirement from the Senate March 4 next, he would become the counsel for the discharged soldiers of the 25th infantry. He and his friends deny all knowledge of employing reason to defend the Brownsville soldiers in the courts or elsewhere and adds that he could not accept such employment should it be tendered. The officer may carry on the fight for the discharge of the soldier, and that he will not take up the work with any expectation of monetary reward. The Sub-Committee on Public Comfort, of which Mr. Daniel Murray is chairman, has opened headquarters in the National Association for the Advancement of Women street, N.W., and communications sent the officers will receive careful attention by the officers in charge. It is the purpose of this report to secure the best possible accommodation for the officers to plan to come to Washington during the inaugural period. No charge is made for any service rendered in this connection. Lists being prepared together with prices to be paid to the officers do is to write Mr. Murray, advising him of the time of their arrival and they will be guided to the several places from which a suitable selection can be made. Dr. Booker T. Washington is in the city this week attending the conference of philanthropists, educators and sociologists of the House. These eminent workers or human beings are蒙ened especially by President Roosevelt to consult together and to devise some way which a stronger degree of effort may be made to accomplish the children—how they may be educated and developed into useful citizens. Mr. Washington is preparing to make a tour of South Carolina, similar in purpose and magnitude to the recently made with such signal success through Mississippi. The party will include a number of representative gentlemen and will be under the general charge of Rev. William S. C. and Mr. W. T. Andrews of Sumter. The journalistic craftsmans of Washington—and of the gift-edited lot—generally approve of the proposition to hold a concession of the Negro press, and either review the association already in existence or form a new one. The prevailing opinion is that the Negro business chewed, and that the underlying policy be strictly business." The Negro pressure must be placed on a sound financial basis, that is its due, and if this problem Plans for the inauguration are going on as originally scheduled, notwithstanding the circulating of rumors of a piece with the title "The Monarch," the monarchical club of society folk, will open the ball on the evening of March 3d at the Auditorium. The people at large are free to attend, but the Pension Office on the night of March 4th. On the 6th the colored citizens' movement—the Inaugural Welcome Club—will give a grand reception at Constitution Hall and Martha's Vineyard, of which much unauthorized "rot" has been written, will give a national smoker either at the Conservatory of Music or at the Monarchical Club, or date its friends. The Monarchs, of which Dr. James E. Walker is president, and W. D. L. Wilkinson is secretary, have arrangements to follow their inaugural reception, and will be attending during Easter week. Letters are in brought in from all parts of the country, asking for information concerning these various activities, and an effort is being made to answer each one promptly and correctly. It seems that some journalistic sleuth pretends to have discovered a diabolical plot, with headquarters at Cleveland, to recognize leader and administration adviser, and an inference is thrown out that the Registrar of the Treasury is in league with a faction that desires Tyler's destruction. This is promptly denied by the Recorder, who drops the latter drops for want of credible evidence. Then springs up another round of talk, in which it is said that some other crowd is hot after the scapegoat T. T. Mr. Wermann's appear in a local paper in defense of the Registrar. Men of straw are set up at will and lambasted as a "lot of tricksters," and charged with working "nefarious" schemes to Mr. Wermann's office. Dark hints Mr. Wermann's everybody knows who the scoundrels are," and the chills and fever music permeates the atmosphere when the threat is handed out that their names will be made public. "The does not cease." Although these mischievous "specials" purport to emanate from various sources, it is intimated that they are hatched up in aslington by some unsculptured villains who will be exposed in all his villainy at the psychological moment. And so the story goes, infinitum. At the joint installation of officers of Charles Summer Post, G. A. R., No. 9, TILLMAN. LAND CHARGES T. R. NEWS NOTES OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL. Recorder John C. Dancy has returned from North Carolina. The Washington American, published by Messrs. Oliver Randolph and Ocia Taylor, shows signs of great vitality. Everybody hopes it will have a long and useful *** Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Carter, aged 106 years, known far and wide as "Granma" Carter, is dead. She is said to have been the oldest person living in the District of Columbia, up to the date of her death. Mr. Edward H. Lawson, a graduate of Howard University and a recent appointee on the staff of our schools, is now the Washington correspondent of the New York Age and is getting up quite a newsy letter. Noah Simons, sixty-four years of age, a veteran employee of the Treasury department, was found dead in his bed at place on 18th street last Tuesday causes. Death was due to natural causes. * * * by the executive committee of ten in charge of the proposed public reception to Senator Foraker, to be given at the Metro-portal on March 6. Mr. Daniel Murray is treasurer of the executive committee. Mr. James W. Johnson, of New York, has been promoted from the consulship at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, to the post at Corinto, Nicaragua, and his appointment has been confirmed by the Senate. Mr. H.R. Wyatt, of New York, succeeds Mr. Johnson at Puerto Cabello. Mr. Alexander Sewall, a musician bearing excellent endorsements from members of the American Academy of Music, the post of bandmaster in the United States Army. The 24th Infantry, at Madison Barracks, N. Y., is now the only colony assignment which has a white bandmaster. --- * * * PRICE FIVE CENTS. SINGLE COPY-SIX MONTHS, 85C; ONE YEAR $1.50. —Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer. esteem by Recorder Dancy and a substantial promotion is said to be in store for him at an early date. In addition to being well-posted on the work of the Recorder of Deeds establishment, Lieut. Pinchback is a practicing lawyer who has a clever business man, handling real estate and other lines of commercial activity. * * * If the bill introduced a few days ago by Representative Hayes, of California, becomes a law, the old system of allowing railroads to give passes to newspapers in California again, much to the delight of the publishers who have been compelled for the last few years to dig down in his jeans for real money or stay at home. No class of people do more for the benefit of the country than the journalist and he should have the benefit of the proposed immunity from the anti-pass restriction. Public sentiment is the favor of the Hayes measure and it will doubled pass at this session of Congress. *** --- Ye scribe takes pleasure in acknowledging an invitation to be present at the banquet given by the Attucks Republican Club, of Cleveland, Ohio, February memorial day, and the Frederick presidents and the 100th birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln. The function will be given at Clayton Hall, 2828 Central Avenue, and Prof. Roscoe Cocsele will be the guest of honor. The Clinton Attucks Club is made up of John A. Wilson, Nahum D. Brascher, George G. Jones, Thomas W. Fleming and Edward P. Smith, Grateful acknowledgment is also made to the Clinton-Douglass Anniversary Dinner and Celebration of the Westchester County Negro Republican League, in Turn Hall, Yonkers, New York, on the evening of February 12th. Paul H. Bray, a re- NEW HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED LOUISVILLE BUSINESS MEN MUST LEAD MOVEMENT With Much Effect-Death of Dr. T. W. Prather-Negroes in the Mail Service Promoted-Dedication of Girls' Dormitory. Public opinion might well be marshalled by the Local Negro Business Men's League for a new high school. It is up business men to help the best interest of their children. While we subscribe to everything that can be possibly done by the league in the way of creating a sentiment for the patronage of business men, the best interest to have a new school. Business men are the ones to take up such movements. While organizing and getting together for the coming meeting in August, a general interest could be aroused for a new high school. There is not a thinking person in town that would not endorse the idea of a new school. Theclusion that the teachers are not going to take, the lead and it is now up to the substantial business men to strike out and take action. Such a dilapidated building, nearly a half century old should be used as a school house. Yet the "Big Business Negro" sits idly by and does not turn his hand in the fight. A new well equipped building with all Teachers would feel more like teaching and a greater interest would be manifested at our high school. It would be an arsenal and fortress against ignorance and illiteracy. The last meeting of the league was quite interesting. While the discussions and appointments of various committees caused the teachers to feel more involved, William H. Steward, William Brown others harmonized affairs and things are now in a most tangible form. It is too early in the game to forsclose himself in details of the local meetings, yet it may go without saying that the coming meeting will be one long remembered by a delegate who our good people should ride our fast horses and accept our Kentucky hospitality. Mrs. ElenoraBoyd Williams, after spending several weeks in the city of Louisville has gone to Chicago, III. Mr. Irvin Slye, of Friend Lick Springs, spent a week here last week, circulating amouf friends, Messrs. J. Ed Green, Dudley de Jane Heart Set" and Dr. Morris Blackburn. The Pekin Cafe closed Monday night but it will be opened soon by Mr. Tom Cole, who expects to make it one of the most fashionable of its kind in the countryside. His specialty will be that of serving good meals. --- Eighteen local performers gave an entertainment at the Seeback last week, among them being Miss Ethel Reed, Bud Lively, Joe Clark, Jr., Ike Early, Joe Clark, St, Mrs. Nine, Lovie Lovie, James Clark, Miles Harris and Will Barber. --- At the last Central High school exercises on commencement night February 2, will have a speaker who will represent the people, Mr. Alex Morris, one of the students in this community will speak to the graduating class. There will be ten graduates. * * * The Calumet Club, of which Mr. Robert George is president was to have given an entertainment last Monday night but on account of bad weather, it was postponed Continued on Page Four. APOTHECARY No substitution. Pure Drugs and Medicines Only. 511 Mass. Ave., - Indianapolis Both Telephones 1074. A. Timberlake, Druggist. Pure Drugs, No Substitution S. W. Cor. College Ave. & 16th St. New Phone 3. MEDICAL HALL PHARMACY Cor. Ill. St. and Ind. Ave. J. F. McLEAY, Prop. If you cannot subscribe for The Freeman one year at $1.50, send for it for three months. The Round=Up A Romance of Arizona Novelized From Edmund Day's Melodrama By JOHN MURRAY and MILLS MILLER. Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dilling- ham Co. (CONTINUED.) Traditions or lost mines are plentiful in Arizona and northern Mexico. First taken up by the Spanish invaders of 300 years ago from the native Indians, they have passed down to each subsequent infux of white men. The directions are always vague. The inquirer cannot pin his informant down to any definite data. Over the mountains always lies the road. Hundreds of lives have been sacrificed and cruelty unparalleled practiced upon innocent men, women and children by gold seekers in their lust for conquest. Prosperous Indian villages have been laid waste, and whole bands of adventurers have gone into the desert in search of these mines, never to return. When the time for Lane's departure came Echo wept at the thought of losing for so long a time the close companion of her childhood and the sympathetic confidant of her youthful thoughts and aspirations. Dick, in whom friendship for Echo had long before ripened into conscious love, took her tears as evidence that she was similarly affected toward him, and he allowed all the suppressed passion of his nature full vent in a declaration of love. The girl was deeply moved by this revelation of the heart of a strong man made tender as a woman's by a power centering in her own limb self, and, being utterly without experience of the emotion even in its protective form of calf love, which is the variold of the genuine affection, she imagined through sheer sympathy that she shared his passion. So she assented with maidenly reserve to his plea that she promise to marry him when he should return and provide a home for her. Her more cautious mother secured a modification of this pledge by limiting the time that Echo should wait for him to one year. If at the expiration of that period Lane did not return to claim her promise or did not write making satisfactory arrangements for continuance of the engagement Echo was to be considered free to marry whom she chose. Soon after Lane's departure Mrs. Allen persuaded the colonel to send Echo east to a New England finishing school for girls, where her mother hoped that her budding love for Lane might be nipped by the frigid atmosphere of intellectual culture, if not, indeed, supplanted by a saving interest in young men in general and perhaps in some particular scion of a blue blooded Boston family. The plan succeeded in part only. The companionship of her schoolfellows, her music and art lessons, her books (during the limited periods allotted to serious study and reading) and, above all, her attrition at receptions with another order of men than that she had known in the rough, uncultured west occupied her mind so fully that poor Dick Lane, who was putting a thought of Echo Allen in every blow of his pick, received only the scraps of her attention. Dick had few opportunities to mail a letter and none of them for receiving one. Unpracticed in writing, his epistolary compositions were crude in the extreme, being wholly confined to hold statements of fact. Had he been as tender on paper as he was in his words and accents when he kissed away her tears at parting her regard for him would have had fuel to feed on and might have kindled into genuine love. As it was, she was forced to admit that in comparison with the brilliant university men with whom she conversed Dick Lane intellectually was as quartz to diamond. On the the other hand, she contrasted Dick in the essential point of manliness most favorably with the male butterflies of society that hovered around ner. what one or them was so essentially chivalrous as the western man—so modest, so self sacrificing, so brave and resolute and resourceful? Dick Lane, or Jack Payson, for that matter, in all save the adventitious points of education and culture was the higher type of manhood, and Jack, at least, if not poor Dick, could hold his own in mental and artistic perception with the brightest, most cultured of Harvard graduates. At the end of the year she came back home to await Dick's return from the wilds of Mexico. There was great anxiety about his safety, for Geronimo, attacked by Crook in the Apache stronghold of the Tonto basin, had escaped to the mountains of northwestern Mexico with his band of fierce Chiricahuas. Now, Dick Lane had not been heard from in this region. When he neither made appearance nor sent a message upon the day appointed for his return, his brother, Bud, was for setting out instantly to find him and rescue him if he were in difficulties. Then it was that Echo Allen discovered the true nature of her affection for her lover—that it was sisterly regard, differing only in degree, but not in kind, from that which she felt for his brother. She joined with Polly in opposing Bud's going, urging his recklessness as a reason. "You are certain to be killed," she said, "and I cannot lose you both." Jack Payson, for whom Bud was working, then came forward and offered to accompany him and keep within bounds. Again there was a revelation of her heart to Echo, one that terrified her with a sense of disloyalty. It was Jack she really loved, noble, chivalric, wonderful Jack Payson, whom, with a southern girl's intensity of feeling, she had unconsciously come to regard as her standard of all that makes for manhood. Plausible objections could not be urged against his sacrificing himself for his friend. With an irresistible impulse she cast herself upon his breast and said, "I cannot bear to see you go." Payson gently disengaged her arms. "I must, Echo. It is what Dick would do for me if I were in his place." However, while Payson and Bud were preparing for their departure Buck McKee appeared in the region and reported that Dick Lane had been killed by the Apaches. He told with convincing details how he had met Lane as each was returning from a successful prospecting trip in the Ghost range and how they had sunk their differences in standing together against an attack of the Indians. He extolled Dick's bravery, relating how, severely wounded, he had stood off the savages to enable himself to escape. When he handed over Dick's watch to Echo—for he had learned on his return that she was betrothed to Lane—as a last token from her lover, no doubt remained in the minds of his hearers of the truth of his story, and Payson and Bud Lane gave up their purposed expedition. The owner of Sweetwater ranch, while accepting McKee's account, could not wholly forget the half breed's former evil reputation and was reserved in his reception of the advances of the ex-rustler, who was anxious to curry favor. Warm hearted, impulsive Bud, however, whose fraternal loyalty had increased under his bereavement to the supreme passion of life, took the insinuating half breed into the aching vacancy made by his brother's death. The two became boon companions, to the great detriment of the younger man's morals. McKee had plenty of money, which he spent R. R. "I can't bear to see you go." liberally, gambling and carousing in company with Bud. Polly was wild with indignation at her sweetheart's desertion and savagely upbraided him for his conduct whenever they met, which, as may be inferred, grew less and less frequently. In revenge she made advances to another man who had long "loved her from afar." This was William Henry Harrison Hoover, sheriff of the county, known as "Slim" Hoover by the humorous propensity of men on the range to give nicknames on the principle of contraries, for he was the fattest man in Pinal county. Slim was one of those fleshy men who have nerves of steel and muscles of iron. A round, boyish face, twinkling blue eyes and flaming red hair gave him an appearance of innocence entirely at variance with his personality. A vein of sentiment made him all the more lovable. His associates—fairness men of the plains THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER soldiers and the owners and frequenters of the frontier barroom—respected him greatly. "He's square as Slim" was the best recommendation ever given of a man in that region. Pinal county settlers had made Slim sheriff term after term because he was the one citizen supremely fitted for the place. He had ridden the range and "busted" bronchos before election. After it he hunted wrongdoers. Right was right and wrong was wrong to him. There was no shading in the meaning. All he asked of men was to ride fast, shoot straight and deal squarely in any game. He admitted that murder, horse stealing and branding another man's calves were subjects for the unwritten law. But in his code this law meant death only after a fair trial, with neighbors for a jury. He was not scrupulous that a judge should be present. His duties were ended when he brought in his prisoner. Hoover's rule had been marked by the taming of bad men in Florence and a truce declared in the guerrilla warfare between the cattlemen and the sheepmen on the range. Slim's seemingly superfluous flesh was really of great advantage to him. It served as a mask for his remarkable athletic abilities and so lulled the outlaws with whom he had to deal into a false sense of superiority and security. Slow and lethargic in his ordinary movements, in an emergency he was quick as a panther, never failing to get the drop on his man. Furthermore, his fat exerted a beneficial influence on his character in keeping him humble minded. Being the most popular man in the county, he would probably have been swollen with vanity had there been any space left vacant for it in his huge frame. He was especially admired by the women, but was at ease only in the company of those who were married. It was his fate to see the few girls of the region, with every one of whom by turns he was in love, grow up to marry each some less diffident wooer. "Dangnation take it!" he used to say. "I don't git up enough spunk to cut a heifer out o' the herd until somebody else has roped her an' slapped his brand on to her. Talk about too many irons in the fire! Why. I've only got one, an' it's het up red all the time waitin' fer the right chanct to use it, but somehow I never git it out o' the coals. What's the use, anyhow! Nobody loves a fat man." Slim was inordinately puffed up by Polly's preference for him, which she showed by all sorts of feminine tyrannies, and he was forced continually to slap his huge paunch to remind himself of what he considered his disabling deformity. "Miss Polly," he would apostrophize the absent lady, "you don't know what a volcano of seethin' fiery love this here mountain of flesh is that you're walkin' over. Some day I'll erupt an' jest eternally calyef you if you don't look out!" The sheriff took no stock in Buck McKee's professed reformation and was greatly worried over the influence he had acquired over Bud Lane, who had before this been Slim's protege. Accordingly he readily conspired with her to break off the relations between the former outlaw and the young horse wrangler, but thus far had met with no success. Payson, feeling himself absolved by the death of Dick Lane from all obligations to his friend, began openly to woo Echo Allen, but without presuming upon the revelation of her love for him which she had made at his proposition to go into the desert to Lane's rescue. She responded to his courteous advances as frankly and naturally as a bud opens to the gentle wooing of the April sun. Softened by her grief for Dick'as for a departed brother as the flower is by the morning dew, the petals of her affection opened and laid bare her heart of purest gold. The gentle, diffident girl expanded into a glorious woman, conscious of her powers and proud and happy that she was fulfilling the highest function of womanhood—that of loving and aiding with her love a noble man. Jack Payson, however, failed to get the proper credit for this sudden flowering of Echo's beauty and charm. These were ascribed to her year's schooling in the east, and her proud mother was offended by the way in which she accepted the young ranchman's advances. "You hold yourself too cheap," she said. "It is at least due to the memory of poor Dick Lane," whom, now that he was safely dead, she idealized into a type of perfect manhood. "that you make Jack wait as long as you did him." When Payson reasonably objected to this delay by pointing out that he was fully able to support a wife, as Lane had not been, and proposed, with Echo's assent, six months as the limit of waiting, Mrs. Allen resorted to her old expedient—tears. "Boohoo! You are going to take away my only daughter!" The colonel, however, though he had loved Dick Lane as if he were his own son, was delighted to the bottom of his hospitable soul that it was a man not already in the family circle who was to marry Echo, especially when he was a royal fellow like Jack Payson. So he arranged a compromise between the time proposed by Mrs. Allen and that desired by the lovers, and the date of the wedding was fixed nine months ahead. "It will fall in June," said the old fellow, who knew exactly how to handle his fractions wife, "the month when swell folks back in the east do all their hitchin' up. Why, come to think of it, it was the very month I ran off with you in, though I didn't know then that we was elopin' so strictly accordin' to the book of etikwet." Kwet. CHAPTER III THE first instinctive thought of a man reveals his innate character; those that follow, the moral letter; those that follow, the moral nature that he has acquired through environment and circumstances. That Jack Payson was at bottom a good man is shown by his first emotion, which was joy, and his first impulse, which was to impart the glad news to everybody upon receiving the letter from Dick Lane telling that he was alive and soon to come home. He was in his house at the time. Bud Lane had just brought in the packet of mail from Florence and was riding away. Jack uttered a cry of joy which brought the young man back to the door. "What is it?" asked Bud. But Jack had already had time for his damning second thought. He was stunned by the consideration that the promulgation of the news in the letter meant his loss of Echo Allen. He dissembled, though as yet he was not able to tell an outright falsehood: "I'ts a letter telling me that I may expect to receive enough money in a month or so to pay off the mortgage. Now your brother's debt needn't trouble you any longer. Bud." "Whew-w!" whistled Bud. "That's great! Where does it come from?" "Oh, from an old friend that I lent the money to some time ago. But, say, Bud, there's another matter I want to talk with you about. You've got to shake Buck McKee. I've got it straight that he is the worst man in Arizona territory—yes, worse than an Apache. Why, he has been with Geronimo, torturing and massacring lone prospectors and robbing them of their gold." "That's a lie, Jack Payson, and you know it!" cried the hot headed young man. "It was Buck McKee who stood "That's a lie, Jack Payson!" by Dick's side and fought the Apaches. And I'll stand by Buck against all the world. Everybody is in a conspiracy against him—Polly and Slim Hoover and you. Why are you so ready now to take a slanderer's word against his? You were keen enough to accept his story when it let you out of going to Dick's rescue and gave you free swing to court his girl. Let me see the name of the snake in the grass that's at the bottom of all this!" And he snatched for the letter in Payson's hand. (Continued Next Week.) THE ONLY ONE OF THE KIND. A writer in the Evening Star, of Philadelphia, recently had some very nice things to say of the colored people of that city, as it concerns their music. Much of what he had to say applies generally to the race. That city, however, seems distinct in the music features, doing things that are not done in most places, if anywhere, excepting in that city. The writer said: "Music and the colored race have always been synonymous in all places, but principally suggesting to the mind such melodies as are commonly termed 'ragtime.'" "Unique, however, was the part played by the Quaker City when was organized the Philadelphia Concert Orchestra, composed entirely of musicians drafted from the colored race, devoting their talents and energies to the classics entirely." "It is the only one of the kind, not only in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania, but in the entire United States." It is a fact that the Negro runs readily to the "rag," whether he wills to do so or not. "Rags" are nto bad music, but there's no intelligence, no direction in them. The young Negro who thinks he does something when playing rags cannot see beyond rags. So it is no use to argue with him. The simplest composition, not nearly so mazey or entangled as a rag, has method in it that the rag player never dreams of. Rags are a senseless jingle, as a rule. True enough, writers have taken advantage of the catchiness in them, incorporating them in some form in teh more stately compositions, modifying them by the catchiness, thus giving them a go. Rags, in short, when in their purest state mean simply dancing with their hands, needing just about the same requirements as when dancing with the feet. Good to see—the dancing; good to hear—the music; but most people would rather see and hear than do. The race, happily, is cultivating out much of the rag strain. Speaking of the orchestra, the writer said: "There is a history behind the organization of colored musicians; a history of a long struggle on the part of one man—E. Gilbert Anderson—to raise the standard of music amongst people of his color. "It is a history replete with failures on the part of Mr. Anderson to interest men of power, of money and of influence in other places. He was rebuffed. Then he came to Philadelphia, and founded what might be rightly called a college for the education of the colored people to an appreciation of the higher classics in music. "Director Anderson, for he now waves the baton over the fifty men in the Philadelphia Cohert Orchestra had a hard row to hoe. He had to batter down the old prejudices in favor of the lower class of so-called music; such stuff that could be thrumped on a banjo, played on an accordion, or made to do duty at the family reunion on organ or piano." The triumph of Mr. Anderson is worth recording. His struggles have been and are at this time being witnessed in most of our communities. The easy content with a little information is chagring to those who would have the race make a name for itself other than mediocrity and down- right obtuseness. Nowhere are these qualities more greatly displayed than in music; the difference between the thing cultivated and the thing in the rough is not known. This is in generally, since many cities have their one or more Andersons who are content to do nothing less than has been done by other men, if not so well. The effort, the attempt are it, and the sign of the righteously or rightfully educated. More of them are needed that the thing of self-sufficiency does not obtain, holding down to the lowlier estate where effort is not essential. The writer, speaking again, said: "The Philadelphia Concert Orchestra has never been a great success financially, but artistically it has been "That is what Director Anderson and his colleagues were aiming for. It has caused a great love and reverence for classical music to increase among the members themselves. It has gone further than that. It has caused an awakening among the colored people for such compositions as those of Bethoven, Mozart, Rossini, de Benot, Veril, Wagner—in fact, all the higher classics, and with what result?" "It has been the uplift of the art of music among the colored people here. It has imbued them with a desire to reach higher things in the realm of music beyond ragtime, and consequently, after the few years Director Anderson 'cast his bread upon the waters' musical, metaphorically speaking, he has it returned to him after many days in the shape of a more just and a more liberal appreciation of his work." And as if in answer to the postulate that labor is not without its reward, the following is said of Mr. Anderson after his years of endeavor: "But it was not all smooth sailing for Director Anderson and his associates. Finally, however, a hall was secured for rehearsals. Now the orchestra has the building at the southwest corner of Seventeenth and South Streets. "The third floor is fitted up as the music room. There the men meet. There they rehearse the several choirs night after night. There they have their music library, and all around the walls are photographs of all the old masters, with the charter of the organization hanging in a conspicuous place. "This organization was effected in 1905. Going still further, the orchestra last year was incorporated and it is now, as then, the only organization of its kid in the United States, if not the entire world, of colored musicians, who understand, love and appreciate the higher classics in music." THE KING PUT A STOP TO IT. King Edward has put a stop to a custom that had developed into a very glaring abuse, and has given rise in the past to no end of misapprehension. I suppose it is unnecessary to explain that when people in Europe call on royalty without being summoned to an audience they do not leave cards. Instead of this they write their names in a visitors' book. It is only the members of the actual court and official circle who are supposed to do this. But owing to lack of proper supervision all sorts of people who have no earthly connection with the court, and do not know the royal personage otherwise than having been presented at a levee or at a court, have been accustomed to scrawl their names in the royal visitors' book on the slightest provocation. With a view of putting a stop to this, the king has given peremptory orders that only those known to the royal household officials shall be allowed to write their names in the royal visitors' books. If the servants in charge thereof have any doubt as to the identity of the would-be signer, they are authorized to ask for the stranger's visiting card, and to compare the name mentioned thereon with the typewritten alphabetical list in their possession. If this investigation does not furnish satisfactory results—that is to say, if the name mentioned on the card does not figure on the typewritten list—the visitor is not allowed to sign. How necessary this reform has been may be gathered from the fact that I have known the American colored valet of a diplomat, who was at one time stationed at Washington, to boldly stroll up to the lodge at Marlborough House and inscribe his name on the visitors' book, first of the Prince and then of the Princess of Wales (as the king and queen were then), the royal servants on duty treating the coal-black negro with the utmost deference and respect, under the impression that he was probably the diplomatic representative of Liberia or else of Hayti. THEY USE SOME PAPER. Forty-four carloads of paper and five of binder's boards will be required for the next annual edition of the yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. This is one of the biggest jobs that come every year to the biggest printing office in the world, and the quantities of the various materials required for the great edition of 360,000 copies are staggering. For the covers of these books 62,000 yards of cloth are used, and the pages are held together with 9,600,000 yards of thread. When the last volume leaves the binder there will have been 21,810 reams of printing and 3,100 reams of plate paper, and 167,500 pounds of boards for covers. Each book is secured by linen tape sewed on by machines, and 195,000 yards of this material will be used in the edition. For securing the covers 8,000 pounds of glue and 30 barrels of flour are necessary. The silver lettering represents 120,000 sheets of aluminum, which in recent years has superseded gold leaf, though the cost is the same. 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KNOX, Publisher and Managing Editor. ELWOOD C. KNOX, Business Manager. SATURDAY, JAN. 30, 1909. Pay Queen Lil' her money. She is entitled to it, and needs it. The President yelled to California anent the Japanese legislation, "Hold up a minute." And they did. It is said that there are two Negro Jews in America. Would like to see them. What kind of stores do they conduct? Mr. John D. made $29,000,000 in an exceedingly short while. How's that? Well, don't they say money saved is money earned? Of the six lives lost on the ship Republic four were of Negro sailors. The happening, while serious, could have been much worse. Dr. D. Williams, the eminent surgeon of Chicago, is a member of a real estate company by colored men that is doing big things in Chicago. A little benzoate of soda may not be necessary, but the housewife knows something besides airtight jars are necessary to hold some things down. Mr. Tillman is reported as having amended his former statement concerning the education of Negroes. He now thinks they should have a little bit. The Taft party is now doing the canal by this time. Mr. Taft expressed himself as having had a del'ghtful time in the South, where good old-fashioned, honest, heartfelt hospitality was shown him. And then after this administration comes that of Mr. Taft, who is also acquainted with the discharged Negro soldiers' situation. He is a big, genial fellow and might prove a good card to draw to. The soldiers might chance him. A great roadway in honor of Lincoln has been proposed by Congress. If the scheme is carried out it will lead from the city of Washington to the battlefield of Gettysburg. The road will be highly beautified—"a thing of beauty and a joy forever." Been having beautiful days, but some one has to pay the price. The coal men and ice men are equally unhappy—a very unusual condition. Generally it's harvest for one or the other. The ice crop so far is not promising. John Mitchell, formerly the head of the organization of miners, judging by his speeches, is a man of good ability. He would easily succeed as a lawyer. If his position in the injunction matter is as he stated it before the miners in convention in this city, he has no business in jail. Elwood C. Knox, manager of The Freeman, has been invited to take part in the inaugural parade March 4th. A colonel's commission for the event accompanied the invitation. The invitation is appreciated and more than likely Mr. Knox will be seen astride a Pereasus on the great occasion. The hundredth anniversary of Lincoln's birthday will be fittingly commemorated. The great Emancipator grows in the minds of men with age. The South has finally become to see something beautiful in the character of the mild-mannered man who did so much to shape the destiny of the nation. Then, besides, we've got our own colored people to look after in this country. The Japanese appear unwilling to adapt themselves to any kind of situation. It is different with the American colored people. In the "blackest belt" and in Minnesota or Michigan they will be found doing what is expected of them. Replying to the farewell speech of Count Komura, the Japanese Foreign Minister, Rear Admiral Sperry declared that no two countries ever clasped hands across the sea so warmly. Both nations, he said, might rest content that intelligent sympathy had drawn their ancient ties still closer. Well, yes, that's so; that is, we guess it's so. Negroes all over the country regret very much the retirement of Senator J. B. Foraker, of Ohio. He but recently made himself known to them, yet in a way and at such a time as to fix him well in the memory of the race. His tilt with the President in behalf of the Negro soldiers was memorable service and owing to which the colored people feel aggrieved to learn of his defeat. We cannot see that his activity had anything to do with the condition. If so, it will be held deplorable and perhaps may not be the final chapter in the matter. The following interesting information is current: "One of the largest 'white' military organizations in Cleveland has had a colored captain ever since its organization. While the State militia includes a colored battalion, the Ninth, many of the other battalions have 'mixed' companies. Cleveland also has a colored police lieutenant, fifteen colored teachers in the city schools, including one in a high school, two Negro assistant superintendents in manufacturing establishments employing white operatives, and one colored private secretary to a railroad president." To commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, Postmaster General Meyer announced that 100,000,000 new 2-cent postage stamps will be issued on or before Feb. 12 next. The new issue was provided for by joint resolution of Congress. The design comprises the portrait of Lincoln in an elipse, the only decoration being a spray of laurel leaves and the inscription "U. S. Postage" in a straight line at the top of the stamp, with the numerals '1809—Feb. 12, 1909.' at the bottom. The color design will be red, with the present 2-cent stamp. The Japanese question now agitating the country is extremely interesting to the colored people. The Japanese are colored people; they speak of themselves as colored. Of course, they are not Negroes, but at that they are not to have preferred claims above the colored people at home. It is too bad that the color business, the nationality business, should be, but we have them. Looking at the question closely, earnestly, honestly, there is much to be feared of hordes of strange peoples who have nothing in common with the country excepting to get the dollars. At the same time this most Christian people will set a very poor example by turning their backs on any nation. Verily, we are up against it. "in the matter of the emigration of Japanese laborers," said Count Komura, "we are doing our utmost to work in harmony with the Government of the United States, and to meet its wishes. We are energetically discouraging emigration to the United States and elsewhere, except Korea, Formosa and parts of Manchuria. It is now the definite policy of the Government of Japan to concentrate its surplus population—that part which is disposed to emigrate—in these, parts of the Orient which I have mentioned. There is opportunity for a very large number of our people in Korea." Count Komura made it plain that while his government would spare no just and proper efforts to maintain the most friendly relations with this country, he hoped that on our part there would be no discrimination made against Japanese subjects, and that in due time the public sentiment in this country may be as favorable to his countrymen as to other foreigners. The suggestion that in the deportation of the Negro lay the only means of completely unifying the American nation was made in the Senate last week by Senator Frazier, of Tennessee, in the course of an argument in opposition to the Brownsville troop bills. That the races should dwell together without dominating the other would belie history, he declared; amalgamation would be an unspeakable horror; a race war—Gor forbid. Senator Frazier insisted that the guilt of some men of the colored regiment at Brownsville had been established beyond any doubt, although the individuals who had committed the crime had not been determined. As to amalgamation, let those most concerned talk up for themselves. No one thinks seriously of amalgamation, and therefore we can not understand why these periodical great-to-dos about the business. Mr. Frazier sets up his straw man and then forthwith proceeds to demolish him. Who's talking amalgamation, "any how?" An article in the Atlanta Constitution calls attention to the fact that there will be some unpleasantness in A. M. E. church circles when the Council of Bishops meet. February 4. Bishop Charles Spencer Smith will be on the carpet to answer charges ready to be preferred against him by Rev. John E. Harmon, presiding elder of the Atlanta district. It appears that in the work of reduction by Bishop Smith, Rev. Harmon was left out of the calculation with two or three hundred preachers. Rev. Harmon could not be persuaded to divulge the nature of the charges. He said, however, that they would make interesting reading. The writer of the article intimates that among the possible charges one will arise from Bishop Smith's connection with the movement in opposition to the Jim Crow laws in the various Southern States. Quite a sum of money was collected for the purpose of furthering the movement. Rev. Harmon, it is thought, will attempt to make good the charge of the misuse of some of the fund. NEW TRIAL REFUSED THE NE- GRO PYTHIANS. Judge John P. Ross has returned from Atlanta, where he appeared before the judge of the Superior Court of Fulton county and argued against the right of a Negro organization to use the name "Knights of Pythias." He represented the Knights of Pythias of Georgia, of whom he is past grand chancellor. The court sustained for the second time the contention of the white Pythians that the Negroes could not legally adopt the name by overruling a motion for a new trial. The initial hearing on the injunction was had over a year ago, and at that time the Negroes received an adverse decision. They applied for a new trial, however, and have received another denial. It is stated that they will appeal the case to the Supreme Court. It was at the annual convention of the Knights of Pythias held in Macon two years ago that action was first taken on the matter of the use of the title by Negroes for their organization. The grand lodge authorized the institution of injunction proceedings, which have thus far been successful. It will be several years before the case is finally decided, as it will be carried to the highest court in the land, the defendants having subscribed a large sum to carry on the legal fight.—Macon Daily Telegraph. the progress they are making. We were only sorry that the entire colored population of the Lawrence Statum, who has shaken in Cairo, III. several months, has returned to the city and is at the Connor.... The death angel visited the home of Ralph Ewing and the head of Ralph Ewing Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a Kentuckian by birth, and had recently come to Kansas and from there to Joplin to visit a sister and his sister. He and was a devout Christian, having been a member of the Baptist Church since quite a youth. The funeral was at Vila, Vithiak, Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon at 2.30. A host of friends paid last respect to the deceased. The body was laid to rest in Fairfield Cemetery. The laid to rest Pi be no doubt with those who visited from Galena. A LITTLE AMALGAMATION. Leaving the bride-elect with a heavy veil over her face in a cab near the county clerk's office, James A. King, aged 40, of Rockport, Ill., cleverly fooled the license clerk. King asked for a license, and when the clerk asked where the bride-elect was King pointed to the cab where she was waiting. The license naming James A. King and Mrs. Jennie Wallace as principals was granted. King then ordered the driver to rush them to a colored minister's residence. The cabman, thinking a joke was up, complied. When the woman removed her veil at the request of the Rev. Elder Greenen, colored minister, the preacher dropped his Bible. She was blacker than the minister. A $5 gold coin restored the minister's courage and he married the couple. Incidentally, there'll be some little amalgamation in spite of Senator Frazier, of Tennessee. Who did that? The effort has to be get the Negroes in wrong on the amalgamation proposition, when the white people now and then don't mind taking a little of it themselves. URBANA. OHIO. Special to THE TREEME, is ill at her home in South Main street, is better... The Junior Missionary Society will meet at the home of Miss Marie Ward, in East Water street... Mrs. Jennie Bowser has returned from Xenia, where she has been living, to the Society. A Society meet at the home of Mrs. Lulu Hopkins, in Kenton street. ANNISTON. ALA. Special to THE FREEMAN. West Oakes of Birmingham is now the head waiter at the popular Hotel Alabama...M. H. Duvan, chief of police of Hobson City, a Negro town, died Friday, Jan. 22, and was buried Sunday, Jan. 24. Mr. Duvan leaves a wife and one son and other friends, and a host of white andaved friends. He was a member of several secret orders. MENELIK OF ABYSSINIA REPORTED TO BE DEAD Special to THE FREEMAN Species **H. jamesii** *The H. jamesii* MRS J. K. J. - Emperor; Menelik of Abyssinia is dead, according to an announcement from an official source which adds that the Empress Taitou, for some days has been directing public affairs, the king will be followed by trouble chiefly at Addis Aleba, capital of Abyssinia. King Menelik's official title was his imperial majesty King Menelik II, K. C. M. G., Negus Negasti, emperor of Ethiopia, King of ST. PAUL, MINN. Special to THE FREEMAN KALAMAZOO, MICH. JOPLIN. : MO. Special to THE FREEMAN. In your orders for the Freeman at Rev. H. H. Curtis' barber shop, 167 West Second street. ...Oliver Jones, who spent Christmas vacation at the Hotel Army, has returned and is at the Hotel Army. Commands School is sparing no efforts in rendering a special program on Lincoln's memorial anniversary, February 12. Parents, you will be drenned and the teachers in their good works. ...J. S. Penman, who has been in Yakima. Wash., for several months for his work with the teachers, and is at his old stand in the Knauses barber shop. ...At Handy Chapel A. M. E. Church last Thursday evening Freeman taught the Kans, lectured on the subject, "The Negro Platform," and on the question, "Shall the Negro Rule?" Lawyer Parker discussed the Negro problem, and showed the Negro up in all of the professional avenues and the continued progress they are making. We were only sorry that the entire colored population of the city did not turn out to hear him..... Provence Saints shewed Him..... His Months, has returned to the city and is at the Atton..... The death angel visited the home of Robert Ewings and claimed as his victim Father Ben Denning, his birth, and had recently come to Kansas and from there to Joplin to visit a sister and his daughter. He was 85 years of age and was a devout Christian, having been a Baptist since quinion youth. The church was attended by Rev. Wilson, at Unity Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon at 2:30. A host of friends paid last respects to the church in Fairview Cemetery..... The streets were crowded with many visitors from Galena, Carthage, Webb and Baxter Springs, Saturday..... The Curtis Cornet Band rented a church on Monday last Thursday evening..... We are paled to note the death of Mrs. Della McCree, who died last Sunday morning at the home of Mrs. Scales. The funeral was held on Monday evening at 3 o'clock, by Dr. Lockwood, the pastor. Quite a host of friends paid their last respects to the deceased..... Parents, keep your children off the streets Sundays and send them to Sunday school. Teach them to observe the Sabbath. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO GREENVILLE, TEXAS. Special to THE FREEMAN. He happened at the plant about 5:30 o'clock Tuesday, Jan. 19, Lewis Turner had his left leg broken just below the thigh. He was at the plant and playing them all started for home on a couple of handcars. Lewis, who was standing in the rear, in some manner was thrown from the car and run over and out from under the car, and it was discovered that his leg was broken. He was hurriedly brought to the car and given over to the company's hospital at Sedalia, Mo., where he is reported doing well at this writing. Jim Haskin was sick last week, and Mrs. Mandy was in Ft. Worth last week visiting her sister. Ernest Vance was very ill last Sunday and was not able to be about. We went our city en route to Suburph Springs Wednesday, Jan. 29. Rev. Jackson, a missionary from Africa, was in the city last week speaking in the churches of St. Paul's school gave him $3.65. He lectured at the school on College Hill. Rev. W. J. King delivered a speech to Wright was in the city last week visiting her brothers, Mogrsrs. I. H., Emmett and Dan Hines. CINCINNATI, OHIO. Editor of THE FREEMAN: A brilliant affair was the installation of officers of Trading Temple No. 19, Daughters of Elks, at True Reformer's Hall, lunch and meet, and the officers installed daughter ruler. This temple of lady Elks is in a healthy condition with a good membership and ten applicants waiting. Alpha Lodge No. 19, the oldest and most Tuesday evening. General instructions by Capt. S. T. Sneed, Exalted Ruler, were given. The meeting was closed at 9:30 for a social session. Speeches and songs were given. The dressing room was installed. Capt. Sneed, manager of the Fraternal Regalia Company, says the boys are getting ready for Detroit, also for Kansas City. Pressing room was installed. Star Star Lodge No. 27, K. of P. Dennis G. Ray, C. C.; Capt. S. T. Sneed, Master of Finance and Grand Rep., Palestine Co. B. Capt. S. T. Sneed, selection Monday evening, Jan. 11. Music and refreshments, S. T. Sneed, commander; E. E. Schel, first lieutenant; Younger Foust, second lieutenant; D. G. Ray, captain; D. G. Ray, captain; Jas Farby, quartermaster; J. R. Austin and E. S. Sneed, sergeants. SOUTH BEND. IND. ...The ladies of the Sewing circle will give a chittering supper at the Baptist church this coming week. Earl the pastor will anointing lecturer, the young folks of the Taylor Church school last Sunday...Mrs. Moss, of Niles Mich., visited at the Huggard home last week. Mrs. Moss will ill with heart trouble...Mrs. Kandolph, of Napster street, who recently returned home from a visit in Virginia, has been invited to attend the Zion Church will give a Kentucky oyster supper February 11, and all are cordially invited to be with them...Mr. Span and wife, who recently moved to Fort Wayne, will be invited to secure a home in the central part of the city...Mrs. Bell will soon have Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Dorsey, of Chicago, as her friends, Mrs. Mfe and E. R. Kaufman of Chicago, are visiting Mrs. Hines, of Colfax avenue. NEW HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED NEW HIGH SCHOOL NEEDED Concluded from Page One. until a later date. Mr. George is one of the best known young men in the city and is a member of the Pythians, Masons, U. B. P. and Odd Fellows. The colored pharmacists are still smiling over the increased patronage given them by the doctors of their race. The doctor of Odd Fellows thought he is getting ashamed of going by the colored drug stores and practicing at the same time on the brother next door. When the doctor and pharmacist will pull together, there will be better times for colored drug stores in this city. Great preparations are being made at the State University. 12 West Kentucky street, the new location of the dormitory, February 7, 8, and 9. Baptists from all over the state are expected to be here to participate in the exercises. The Woman's Educational Convention will have change of the programme. For further and more information, "Workers' Conference" at which time all phases of school work will be discussed. Just in the early morning of her youth, Miss Ollie Owens, a member of the Sophomore class, graduated Monday of pneumonia. She was one of the most brilliant pupils of her class and was well liked by students of the class. She was also the member of the Calvary Baptist church and funeral services were held from this church. Dr. C.J.H. Parrish preached the uncle sermon and the class of which she was a member was present at the services. --- While the Postmaster of this city was making recommendations for higher salaries at the office he did not fail to request降薪, Mrs. Black, James R. Harris, Sr. Eugene Yace, Winston Howard Jordan and others. This was not because they were members of our race but because they knew great deals. William Loyce, gentlemen are among Louisville's representative citizens and they have acquired enough of this world's goods to command a great deal. Respect his citizens, give them in招待 and duty to that gave them promotions. We hope there will be others in the office to follow in their steps. Your correspondent learns that Williams and Walker will be in this city February 22 at the Masonic. We hope that the report is true. There has been some litigation against the Masonic theater, was also reported that his comparable pany would not reach this season. If they come the people of this city will again witness one of the best Negro companies in the city. Walter Welsh, two clever mith provokers and they have the most capable company on the circuit. They are playing "Bandana Land" with great success in large cities all over America. We believe that the Masonic will no doubt give them a warm reception. We recall with pleasure such charac- The Eureka Comb It is an assured fact that there is now on the market, a COMB, Scientifically Made of Hardened Hair. 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The work of Miss Marguerite Ward, one of the smallest girls in the company is remembered in the book she saw her last year and also in "Abbysimia." Already a number of people from surrounding towns are writing us to secure them tickets to see Williams and Walker in their new "Bandana Land." It is reported that the Falls City Medical Association has about abandoned their meetings. At one time this organization was one of the most flourishing in the city. There are such organizations in Philadelphia, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, Memphis, New Orleans and other cities and for the one to die here is pitiful. At such meetings the physicians discuss these things that are of value and interest. We have to protect their doctors to be up in medical science. They like to hear of the Negro physician keeping up with the times and for an association of such importance to the Negro community, president might call another meeting and get together by spring or at an earlier time. It would be well for such an organization to be based in the National Negro Business Men's League. We know of such physicians to be here as Dr. Courtney of Boston; Dr. C. M. Crawford of Chicago; Dr. Furnis, of Indianapolis, Ind., and a host of others will be here and such an organization could play a powerful part in the entertainment of the visiting "medicos." Dr. T. W. Prather, age forty, who was one of the leading physicians of the city, or organic heart trouble this week, at the graduate school of the graduate of Meharry Medical university and took a post graduate course at Northwestern University, Chicago. He was five years and during that time he was connected with the Red Cross Sanitarium. He was associated largely with Dr. Adams, Lattimore, Scott and Merchant, also Dr Black. He was a member of the Falls City Medical Association and the following resolutions were were passed that the Mighty Providence it was pleased the Almighty Providence to take from our midst, our friend and associate, Dr. T. W. Prather, and to take care of the elderly years, and those labor and consel has been a great benefit to our medical profession and the city at large, we feel that the medical profession has lost a member of our profession, and that sympathy to his bereaved family, many friends and patients in their great loss. It be further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be placed on the minutes of the association, and sent to his Alma Mater, Committee, Drs. J. A. C. Lattimore, W. T. Merchant, P. M. Flack, H. B. Beck, E. D. Whebde and A. C. McIntyre." CARY B. LEWIS. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL Concluded from Page One. public leader of the county, is chairman of the League, and S. J. Davis, a well-known business factor, is secretary. Mr. Frank J. Wimberly, a prominent business man at Atlanta, Ga., spent Sunday in this city, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, and begged T. street, Mr. Wimberly was a delegate to the republican national convention held in Chicago last June and has been elected representative of the capital city. And he begged Calloway to be general previous conventions. He is associated with Mr. Calloway in the promotion of the suburban town of Lincoln, just across the District line, and Mr. Calloway returned to Atlanta Sunday night for further labors in connection with this very promising project. Atlanta's leading men of business are financing deep interest in the plans outlining and some substantial investments are in sight. R. W. THOMPSON. 589 Eighth Ave.. New York, N.Y. Mail Orders Solicited. Send for price list today Send 15 Cents for this beautiful Lover's - knot Good Luck Ring. Made of solid gold-filled wire. Warranted one year. ```markdown ``` Scholle & Co., 706 Mt. Hope Rd., Cincinnati, O. Nothing Like them in the world. CASGARETS the biggest seller—why? Because it's the best medicine for the liver and bowels. It's what they will do for you—not what we say they will do—that makes CASCARETS famous. Millions use CASCARETS and it is all the medicine that they ever need to take. CASCARETS 10c a box for a week's treatment, all drugists. Biggest seller in the world. Millions boxes a month. THE STAGE The Pekin, at Chicago, will open February 8, in farce comedy, with J. Ed Green, director of amusements, and the original Pekin Stock Company. The Pewees, Chas, and Sadie, will close with the Florida Blossoms at Jacksonville, FL, and the South company at Corry, Pa. Working all the time. Regards to the profession. J. B. Norton, stage manager of Allen's Motivus, who has been sled at Greenwood, Miss., is recovering rapidly and will soon be able to troture to the show, and will be at his old post with the boys. Regards to all. McCameron, write. Owing to poor business in the melodramas houses and money trouble with C. H. Livingston, manager of the Company, Epps & Lopetra are no longer with this company. They are back in vaudeville and have not lost a day since they closed with the show. The Plant Juice Vaudeville Company is now in Georgetown, S. C., and the boys are having a fine time. The two Rose-Woods are the John and Joe Woods of Georgetown, Tenn., are taking Georgetown by storm. They are changing their show three times a week. Prof. Jno. W. F. Woods and his little talking boy Henry are the town talk. The people in the town talk that has ever been in their city. Smith and Woods send regards to "Long Willie" at the Gem Theatre, Memphis; also Sam Russel of the Tick Houston Vaudeville Company. Now, boys real The Friends, and you will always know where we are. WM. McCABE'S MINSTRELS. We have just finished the State of Iowa with great success. We carry only six people, but oh my! when the curtain goes up, we are all four and we are versatile and give a two hour and a half show that pleases the people. Frank Kirk, the original musical acrobat, has been with this company since 1985. He performs in the business. Mr. Kirk has written a play since he has been with us. It is a musical force comedy entitled "A Dixie Kirk." He expects to star in the season's season 10 orchestra. He is now booking it. Mrs. Mimie Kirk, the charming little soubrette, will take a leading part in the play. Mr. Kirk changes this to a different from all his previous roles, for he always did believe in originality. OLIVER & JONES COMBINATION. Prentice Oliver and Rastus Jones have opened a show of their own and are doing well on the road. Oliver is singing a song of his own composition, called "Hold That Car for Me." They are making good and interesting pop pieces, monologue and song. Rastus Jones is making good singing "It Is Strange No One's at This Table But Me." Harry Brown is swell with his musical act, taking two to three encores. Everyone is listening to Mrs. Willie Ree Jones with her contralto voice singing "It's Up to You to Move," taking three and four encores. The composer is cleaning up with his song "Take Things Easy." Eustas Jones is also making good with Rastus Jones is also making good with his buck and wing dance. Oliver and Jones are taking three and four encores with their double buck and wing dance, leaving the people well pleased. The band is doing fine. All send their best regards to all friends, Mrs. Willie Ree Jones sends love to Mrs. Elsie Jen- LOWERY'S NASHVILLE STUDENTS AND MORGAN MINSTREL CO. Our ministrel first part has been a hit all along the line. Blanch Beechums, our interlocutor, is made a great success singing "Play That Rag." Florence Hall is on the sick list. Tony Bareedell, our bass solist, has a one note, "Down in the Deep Let Me Sleep." Callie Vassar is cleaning up every night singing "Tm Saving Up My Money for a Rag." Speeder Jones sends regards to friends. Prof. P. G. Lowery sends regards to all friends. He is very busy getting ready for the New York concert. Charles Beechum, the comedian, is the "New Cook," mistaken for the "Prince," and is making a hit playing the part. True Grit is singing "Dolly and the Chipmunk," night. Henry Jefferson is making good all along the line singing "What a Time." Little John Edwards got back to the music in time as we were leaving Seda-in-the-Me. THE FLORIDA BLOSSOMS. The Florida Blossoms closes in the land of sunshine and flowers after a successful tour of four months through Georgia, Mississippi and Florida, playing to S. Carolina, the best shows of its kind under canvas. The company numbers 35 with a list of good performers; also two of America's greatest colored novelty acts, Peewee Williams, rum jugger, and Chas McKenzie, sensational. Our leading comedian, Billie Richardson, was a scream every night as "Kid Jones, the Gambling King from Baltimore." Clarence Steward as a young comedian is working some. Garfield Smith, the Southern tenor, is receiving encores nightly singing "When the Sheep Are in the Fold, Jennie Dear." The Williams as the Belle of the Ball" was good in the par. The Fishers, our sketcher, are doing well. N. Collins, L. W. Clark, O. Hudele and H. Armand have gone to Chicago to go with the Barnum & Bailey circus, opening in March. The company sends regards to all. PITTSBURG. PA., SHOW SHOP. By JASSAMINE. The "Avenue" is covered with a beautiful white carpet and everything is going both houses are offering splendid bills as usual, are well patronized. Anderson and I have a Grand Opera House this week and are making good. Dixon and White are cleaning up at the Hippodrome, down here is a new building being erected on the corner of the house. Humor has it that it is to be another vaudeville house, but we will know about it by next week. THE FULTON bill this week is a very good one headed by "Gray the Whistler" in a singing and whistling specialty that was very good. This young man has been working on the big circuit that is a very clever artist. His whistling was forced to respond to repeated encores, next on the bill was a Chinese impersonator who did fairly well. Miller and West, a whistler team, were next on the bill and did a clever child artist in songs and dances. Illustrated songs and moving pictures had a very good bill. The orchestra had a night and their unsuccessful efforts to play the acts was the cause of great laughter. THE FULTON. This house offered an excellent bill this week, headed by Willie Norville, the boy wonder, in a singing act that he performed only twelve years of age, is indeed an exceptionally clever artist, and as a singer and dancer he is far above the average man. He was next on the bill and did fairly well, although he made a great mistake in trying to be funny without the use of make-up. He illustrated songs, and moving pictures closed a good bill. A photograph of this man also Manager Samuel Levinson, will appear in The Freeman in the near future. THOMPSON'S COONTOWN 400 AT VICTORIA. The citizens of Victoria were royally entertained with a new form of amusement last week. The Dana Thompson Minstrel company under canvas presented the show that never in the history of Victoria did so many people gather to see a tent show, except to the biggest of big circuses. The entertainment was of the minestrel company, singing of the new up-to-date coin songs, cakewalks and dances with a production of plantation life in Dixieland as it was "befo de wah." The big audience seemed to be for a time, and if laughter and applause count, everybody thoroughly enjoyed the show. The success of the show is due to the excellent management of L. C. Kelley, an excellent gentleman in every respect. Lew Wiley singles "L-o-v-e Spells Trouble to Me." Jacob Ward, the dancing comedian, took three encores singing "I Am the Man." Eddie Singleton, the clever buck and wing dancer, is singing "I Think I See Me." Mrs. Eiffle Moore singes "Red Bird." She takes two and three encores. Nettie Timmons is singing "Harvest Moon," which is a great hit. The show and space will not permit us to mention. Happy Walburg and wife joined the show at Victoria, where they were entertained by friends. The bend is under the direction of Willie Timmons. Effie More sends regards to Billy Ackman and wife. Also Speedy would like for them to write. The show sends regards to all friends. A NEAT DRESSER. "The Skirt" in Variety says: "The most neatly dressed colored player I have worn is a pink skirt by Brown and Nevaro. Her first costume is a simple pink silk jumper dress, although the light blue hat worn with it should be a black or a black and pink hat would be preferable." ANOTHER PEKIN THEATER Cincinnati is the next city to take the "Pekin" fever and will open the doors of a moving picture house under that name on or about Feb. 15, 2014. No. 534 and 538 best Fifth Street under the management of Ollie Dempsey and W. H. Smith. Mr. Smith is an experienced showman, having been prominently connected with the Pekin Fashion Museum. The enterprise will be known as the Pekin Amusement Company, whose purpose it is to open a chain of houses in other towns throughout the State of Ohio in the event the Cincinnati venture is a success. Mr. Dempsey is president of the company. THE NEW PEKIN, NORFOLK, VA. C. W. Mosely, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., and later of Richmond, Va., has recently been appointed to the position operated by white men in Norfolk, Va., and has remodeled, beautified and converted it into a place of amusement for college students. Mr. Mosely will feature light vaudeville and the most up to the minute motion pictures. Mr. Mosely is well known and needs no introductory training to hear from his old friends in and out of the profession. He sends regards to Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Dudley and members of the S. S. H. School to applause and the Rabbit Foot company. THE PROFESSION IN MILWAUKEE The dancing Mitchells were the feature at the Majestic last week, followed by Carter and Bluford this week. Carter and Bluford quartered for the profession, being centrally located and near all the theaters. Mrs. Brown runs a first-class cafe in connection with the Hospice. The charity ball and concert given by the Cream City Band for the benefit of Capt. L. C. Valle's Catholic Mission last Thursday at the church. A great group of Flash-light pictures were taken of the members of the mission and band on the big stage by Chas. Warren, artist. It seems that every knock is a boost. In fact, everything colored acts for the local playhouses. In answer to the inquiries pertaining to Milwaukee of Walter Edwards by Dr. K. C. Valle, the artist wishes to state that there are upwards of 1,500 colored people in Milwaukee, one doctor and one lawyer and business man, who are freeman at 192 Fourth near Wells. ROUTE. HARRY A. BROWN & HODGES—Weef of Feb. 6 LOWERY-MORGAN STUDENTS—Vandala, Mo. Feb. 1; Road House, Decl. 3. A RABBITS FOOT COMPANY—Miami, Fla. Feb. 1; Palm Beach, 3; Ft. Pierce, 4; Melbourne, 5; Symrina, DANDY DANDELBELS—Newport N. Va. Feb. 1; Richmond, 2; Peters- burg, 3; Lynchburg, 4; Greensboro, N. C., 5; Charlotte, 6. NEW ACTS OF THE WEEK. By J. D. HOWARD. way, was some solo), the "hands" all through the act were continuous and liberal. These young men deserve much credit for their ability to give to the vaudeville stage an entirely new and original picture unstitched by any of that "Jube" work that some of the best of them have to resort to in order to make good in vaudeville. Fiddler is clever in his impersonations and mimicry. Shetlon is by far the superior of any pianist seen this season in Rosetta Gaffney, seen that with these two qualifications the team possesses all that is required to make good in vaudeville. The work of the work is done in "straight" face and full dress. Their dialogue is not tiresome and with one exception is good English, and that single good voice can be Fiddler. "You must say you have just eat." After all the good things that had gone before, this break was really excruciating. The songs were well chosen and the dressing act both judgment and taste. Jennie Pearl Larkins, who was recently married. Five years ago, your correspondent, Robert A. Africa in Little Rock, Ark, with Jolly John Johnson, the whole company was stranded. It is now a pleasant memory to Mrs. Larkins, as she is now leading lady in the "Smart Girl" show, and you have good in vaudeville. The Spanish song by Misses Alice Alex Weaver, Jennie Hillman, Savinia Brown, Tille Cottie, Marian Walker, Irene Tas-Tassie, Grace Kearns, seen that with these two qualifications the team possesses all that is required to make good in vaudeville. The work of the work is done in "straight" face and full dress. Their dialogue is not tiresome and with one exception is good English, and that single good voice can be Fiddler. "You must say you have just eat." After all the good things that had gone before, this break was really excruciating. The songs were well chosen and the dressing act both judgment and taste. Willie singing with the act showed both judgment and taste. LINCOLN THEATER, KNOXVILLE TENN. "Hodge and Hodge," last week's bill at the Lincoln, "breaks all previous records of the house for attendance and receipts. The weather was exceptionally fine and the weather was exceptionally pleasant night. The white attendance is growing, and some of the most respected white citizens of Knoxville are urging Mr. Johnson to hurry the completion of his new theatre and have pledged their support to this theatre by S. Tutt Whitney, seemed to be just what the people wanted. S. Tutt Whitney and Homer Tutt enacted the principal roles. The show was interspersed with specialities of, of which the role of Taylor was the feature in cornet solos and serpentine dancing. The Gardners, Mamie and Sam, did a clever sketch, "The Henpecked Husband." Lincoln Quartet came in for the lion's show and Mabel Brown's sweet voice was heard to advantage in illustrated songs. S. Tutt Whitney's closing skit, "The Darktown School Teacher," appropriately was assisted in the comedy by Mamie Gardner, Sank Sims and Ethel Marshall. WM. H. REID BAND AND CONCERT COMPANY We are with the Barnum & Balley's Greatest Show on Earth and will open in Chicago at the Coliseum. This company manages the stage, the Reid and the stage is conducted under the management of Tom Gales. The company consists of sixteen people and Mr. Gales is before the public today. He is sparing in time to get埋着 everything up-to-date and in readiness for the opening. Messrs. Reid and the stage are also where they will secure their band uniforms and their stage wardrobe. The company consists of the following people: Tom Gales, N. E. Collins and Robert Gates; Otto Hurdle, baritone; S. W. Clark, tuba; Ernest Madison, Rob Pope, Preston Bridgewater, Howard Almany, comet; Robert Hurdle, Miss Hacker, Miss Silian Henly, Miss Louise Slone, and Miss Helms are the young ladies that will please an audience with their presence and their general appearance on the stage. The company is now one of the strongest on the road. Mr. Reid also has two other companies on the road with the company. Mr. Gales sends regards to all professionals. SMART SET COMPANY. Miss Jennie Hillman was the guest of Mrs. Marion (Smart) Moore while in Dayton. Miss Blanche Taylor of Indianapolis was the guest of Mrs. Jennie Pearl Larkins. George Mc. Claim has been taking off the part of the old man, and deserves great credit for his work. Miss Mamie Harris of the Smart Set company has returned to her home in Wheeling, W. Va., to recuperate. Miss Jennie Hillman and her strong melodrous alto and diamonds were the attraction all times in the choruses. Misses Maude Hudson and Marie Walker closed their season with the court in Downtownville and will return to New York. Wm. A. Ramsey is spending his stay while in Louisville with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lucas. Ramsey is standing out the week. The Smart Set as usual was given a cordial welcome in Dayton last week and many social functions were pulled off in their honor. Jerry Mills and Wm. Ramsey were entertained at luncheon in Dayton by Chester Broaty, at Mr. Broady's home in Market street. Some of the members of the 'S. S. were royally entertained last Wednesday by the members of the Sunny South act in Springfield, Ohio. Hattie Hettie Winslow of Chicago was taken suddenly ill while en route to Springfield, and the physicians are doubtful of her recovery. M. Jerry Mill, genial and clever, convinced us that he is a stage manager of the ripest sort, and we stay here was played by a lovely woman. Mr. Broady is erecting a hotel called the Central Hotel at 27 Fourth street, and will cater strictly to the profession. This hotel will be a credit to Dayton. Mr. Greer will leave the show Saturday and spend a few days with Irwin Slye, a musician, and then he will go to the Pekin, in Chicago. Irwin Allen, who "made good" as the second Dudley, and is receiving the comment of the town, was the guest at dinner with Cary B. Lewis as host. Prof. Jim Brymwell was good. He did not know the piano. Most of his spare time was given to the piano. Greater things are expected from Brymwell later. There was a cordial feeling among all the players. They seemed like a little family group. Saying a kind work to one another was the slogan of the com- Mrs. Dudley received word that her young son, Sherman, was quite ill. The whole company join Mr. and Mrs. Dudley in wishing the youngster a speedy recovery. Elizabeth Carrington deserves some special mention as a chorus girl. The spirit in which she entered in her work was admirable. Her pleasant stage smile is a winner. Mrs. Dudley is one of the handsomest stage characters of the race. She portrays her part heavily, and when not can be seen engaged in some industrial work. The "Smart Set" has a most intelligent number of young men and women. They read, talk good English, also French, Spanish and German. Not much, however, in the school act. She confined to his room the first two days of the show, Dr. Morris Blackburn and a specialist of New Albany, Ind., gave Mr. Dudley a treatment for his throat. There is a distinct characteristic of all the young women of the "Smart Set," the figure in the play that he forms that of the latest stage on and off the stage. They dress accordingly. J. Ed. Green, the favorite in this section, was the guest of a number of social occasions, including breakfasts, late dinners given him, twin Sly, of French Lick Springs, Ind., and others. S. H. Dudley, star of this aggregation, was unable to appear at a single performance in Dayton, owing to the fact that his wife, Marilyn, was still under the care of physicians in Louisville, and is yet unable to appear; and is a universal regret. Robert Williams is still making good progress in his play, Good Slater and James Lillard are stand out members of the Smart Set band. Both of the boys have been suffering with throatitis, William, Ella Walder;ouble for past few days, and Mr. Lillard with his head. J. C. Wright does a clever bit of acting as a war verener with perfect decision-making skills, for ways in vogue, he would relate some hair raising narrations about the time he was with General Sherman. We learn that Mr. Wright is to fill the vacancy of Ed. Lillard. Bolan. "Go on Wright, you are all right." "Stranded" was the subject of Mrs. Jennie Pearl Larkins, who was recently married. Five years ago, your correspondent met on the trip to Africa in Little Rock, Ark., with Jolly John Larkins, and a company was stranded. It is now a pleasure to meet her, as she is now leading lady in the "Smart Set," and wife of Mr. Larkins. The Spanish song by Miss Alex Jennew Jennehill, Savinia Brown, Tillie Tillis, Irene Tasker, Daisy Mitchell, Mandi Seta, Folk, Josephine Lazzo, Rebecca Roper, Mabel De Hurd and Elizabeth Carrington, was a decided hit of the show. It was in our opinion the best musical number and the young women showed exceedingly fine training in voice and dancing. Robert Williams, who has been with the Smart Set for the fourth season, is one of the cleverest of the company. He has been singing the leading song in the exceptional merit that he is holding with such exceptional merit that he is able to take his place. His service on the stage has numbered among some of the best colored shows on the road. They are Martin's Uncle Tom's Cabin, Richard Tingle's Minstrels, Ed. F. Davis Uncle Tricia's Minstrels and the great Lafayette vaudeville Co. His stay with the show has been a success. THE PLAYWRIGHT QUESTION. BY SYLVESTER RUSSELL. Take it for granted that we are living in a time when colored performers and their musical comedies are flourishing and stars are playing, or somebody else in the company helps to write them, we are still laboring under a delusion. Two stars and one manager in the big class have thus far felt the need to learn to play a playwright. Hogan had to buy an already produced play rename it and revise it. S. H. Dudley had to almost re-write his time work play each season to keep it refreshed and to keep it up to date with a half of a playwright in view of launching a new production next season. And Ernest Ruben Crowder Hogan, whom we had beseeched to remain quiet until he was ready to play, at work on a new play and at present a little too much. I dare say, for the projectivity of his brain-power. Manager T. H. Fitzgerald the Chicago Pekin is still employed, considering the heightiness of positions in place of searching for playwrights or writers of big reputation to offer them ready money to write new plays. This is not a new position, but Dudley has been the first star to feel the necessity of a playwright. He graduated at a time when emergencies kept him too to write this own plays, that if he was not willing to do so, the facts now brings the playwright question straight up to the managers and actor-stars. Who will be commissioned to write the playwright, the managers and stairs willing to pay for them? The subject is now at issue and, as one of its delegates, I am deeply interested in its outcome. There are at least five men who are involved in the criticism, the critic, who are not on the stage who make excellent playwrights and there are ten actors on the stage who could retire to be permanent professional playwrights of the playwrights' generation, ever of compensation. This question it would seem is now thoroughly up to manageman Motts of the Pekin theatre. Mr. Motts, the outfit of this offering has set Salar's pected portfolio of plays, jump from the Voelckel and Nolan forces over the head of gigantic Chicago and plant himself right in the middle of a far away Southern theatre. The plays which Whitney has written have been the secret of his ambition and success. In less than one year Whitney has surprised and impressed a producer and a producer but by actually convincing us; he is also a comedian of plausible ability; he did not seek any job, his services were sought after and be accepted regardless. The theatre was standing ajar or whether its manager was wont to ask him in. This is enough, full and plenty, and of a nature which must inform, managers of colored characters, and leather case of yellow greenbacks must be wide open to clever writers, composers, producers, actors, singers and dancers and the most important of all the playwrights means the playwright means the great deal, and few there are who can master the situation. To be a playwright one must have a good literary education with power to create and originate. My advice to a young playwright is to never be discouraged for vigilance is your friend and the actors are your committee. When your play is first produced, you must be discouraged if the venture is a failure. With all of your undertaking you must not worry nor allow your mind to be disturbed or carried away with other grades of excitement. You must be careful not to the next star," but who will be the next manager and the next playwright is just now equally more important. We have stars who have been on trial waiting for a manager who is diting the next star. Kirk Stewart and a dozen other stars are now busy dancing around the sparks, which once flashed from the glitter of their lamentable stairhood, and yet no managers have come to rescue, and no platoon other is appeared the horizons offer any inducements to stardom. Managers of first-class theatres are wondering and waiting "to see what the darkies are going to do" they may only satisfy to have proper plays to suit the upper crust of white society and the black 400 and plays that will make all classes and colors flock together as they rush and crowd in the roads and subways. When the Afro-American profession has reached the stage of prolific excitement wherein stage productions are first class theatre and the playwright question of the colored race be decided. SHERMAN, TEX. Special to THE FREEMAN. Copies of The Freeman are for sale at Colored acts laying off in Chicago or near by, send me your open time. Can give from one to six weeks work. Colored acts of all descriptions send me your open time. Marion A. Brooks, Grand Theatre, State & 31st Sts., Chicago. WANTED! For the Star Theatre. Colored teams, good comedians and good lady singers. Ladies send photos. State lowest salary in first letter. Lee Henderson, Stage Mgr.; W. H. Hausler, Gen. Mgr., 407 S. Breavord St., Charlotte, N. C. WANTED! WANTED! For Wm. McCabe's Vaudeville Minstrels, male or famale piano player. must read music by sight. Address care of The Freeman. Wanted, Good Vaudeville People who can change their act, good singers and dancers, must be good looking and good dressers, on and off the stage. Prize and booze fighters save stamps. Salary sure. J. W. Hamilton, stage manager. Address WANTED—M pianist, one who can sing in the keys of the piano. 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THE INDIANA TRUST CO., THE INDIANA TRUST CO., (A Home for Savings.) Capital, all paid in.....$1,000,000 Surplus, all earned.....450,000 Waters Pharmacy SUCCESSOR TO "PEARSON" Prescription Druggist, N. E. Cor. Delaware and Ohio Fts. Phones, Main 88: New 2284. Goods delivered. ED. HOWARD, PROP. MINER HOWARD, MGR. Hotel Howard, All Modern Conveniences. Special Rates to Professional People. Telephone 727 Grand. 212 214-216 Fourth St. Milwaukee, Wis. Wanted, Girls, Must be good singers and dancers. Also one or two men comedians and dancers for light vanderbilt and moving picture show. State lowest salary in first letter. Girls send photos. Address C. W. MOSELY, Manager. Girls Wanted who can sing. Will forward ticket. Vendome Theatre, Lee Richardson, Mgr., Hamilton, O. Coming Soon A RABBIT'S FOOT COMEDY, The greatest Negro show of them all. Watch and wait for the Big Comedy PAT CHAPPELLE, Box 702, Jacksonville, Fle. ED Colored Vaudeville Acts! by, send me your open time. Can give from descriptions send me your open time. Attre, State & 31st Sts., Chicago. TED! good comedians and good lady singers. SPORTING GOSSIP of the WEEK. SCRAPS FROM THE SPORTING WORLD. By HARRY W. JACKSON. Has not gone yet as was reported. John L is still here. Send that sporting news to the sporting editor of THE FREEMAN. Jeff's identical stunt is creating much interest and is a money-maker for the Wigwam. Signals! Right half, way back through quarterback. And the Turks are playing football. A bill legalizing four-round bouts in the State of New Jersey has been presented to the Legislature. Owen Moran, the English lightweight, will meet Tommy Murphy at the National Club of New York next Friday. Freddy Welsh, the English boxer, who is holding his own, has put in a claim for the lightweight championship. Wake up, Yankees. Jack Blackburn's lightweight aspirations may be ended if he is convicted of the charge of murder which has been closed against him. The Marvin Hart-Al Kubik match that was to come off at Boston February 16 has been postponed until lated. This will give Hart more time to train. Benny Yanger has considered the grappling game and expects to be in the lime-light as wrestler. Yanger is well known in this city as a classy little boxer. Billy Pankey failed to get a $10,000 life and accident insurance policy upon application. The risk of getting injured in prizegiving along with a weak heart is the cause. Johnson's determination to become the right champion of the world was so great that he said he would fight Tommy Burns "no matter what arrangements were made." Miss May Sutton, world's champion woman tennis player, is expected to play in the national championship tournament next June at Wissahicken Heights, near Philadelphia. The Johnson-Langford bout, which is set for May 24, will be for a $6,000 purse, of which the winner will receive $4,000 and the winner will receive $750 for training expenses. Rev. H. L. H. Otis of Greensboro, Ala., will munipe in the Cotton State Baseball League games during the summer. Rev. Otis was at one time a baseball player in his college days. The National Sporting Club of London, England, says that Jack Johnson and Sam Langford will battle for the heavyweight title and it may be that the certainty of the coming bout will not be known until later on. The largest gate on record in America was that at Goldfield when Gens defeated Battling Nelson on a foul after forty-odd rounds the amount reaching $69,715, of which the lightweights received $39,150. Britt-Bell pull at Compa drew $48,311, the boys cutting up $31,402. Britt and Young Carbett played to $32,245 in San Francisco and took over the battle from Nelson and Britt in Frisco the attendance netted $27,770, of which the lightweights down drew $15,275. Then Britt and Gans fought before a house that yielded $21., the Golden Gate and sliced up $15,228. Packey McBardian has turned on Young Otto and has called him on his $1,000 forfeit support. He will give Otto a battle. Otto stated that Packey could have all the gate receipts if he would only consent to fight. Harry Glimore Jr., McBardian's manager, said he would follow all the action he wants. If Otto is willing to allow this $1,000 to go as a side bet, then say for me that the match will make the terms just reasonable for him. Otto can make weight, 133, at 3 °clock. We will take him on before any club offering us a percentage of the money 75 per cent to the winner and 25 per cent to the loser." Manager Bettison of the National Sporting Club of London said that he had been endeavoring to arrange lights between the stadium and the other clubs and other aspirants for the championship, both American and English. He cannot, however, mention names until the matches have been circled, as the event in England is being so. With the exception of Johnson's fight with Sam Langford at Boston, absolutely nothing has been arranged, not even the date of the match, and Johnson, has written that he would be back in London some time in February, but Mr Bettison did not expect him before the end of March, owing to theatrical engagements he said they desired to make engagements with the National Sporting Club. Another pipedream. Hank Griffin, of Ann Arbor, Mich., one-time sparring partner of lunky Bob Fitzsimmons, thinks he should give him a "Give me three months," he says, and I would ask nothing better than to go up against Jack Johnson for the head-to-head match. "I am in better training than I ever was, even if I have done very little fighting in last three years. My last fight was in Stevenson in four rounds. That was two years ago. I expect to sign up with McCoy for a fight before the Windsor Athletic Conference," he would like to see happen" he further said, "would be for Johnson to refuse to meet Corbett, Jeffries, Sharkey, O'Brien, until they had first met me. If they whipped me, I would step aside; but if I won, I would like nothing better than to Johnson to show the public that I am far from being all in, even if I am 37 years old." COMMENT ON JACK AND JIM. By HARRY W. JACKSON. Now that Jack Johnson is heavyweight champion of the world, some of the fellows of the fictive sport say that he will be forced to dictate in a fight with a white man, and that he will be able to clinch a match with the ex-champion Tommy Burns, but his efforts seemed to be in vain. The American champion Tommy Burns, who then trinketing to get a chance at the Canadian, until the people really began to unmatter with him. But still the white man was able to clinch the country to meet a few mixers in Europe, followed closely by Johnson. Burns still held off the black wonder until he matched it was arranged to take place at Saskatoon on December 26. Johnson won the battle and became heavyweight champion of the world as well as the first Negro to hold this title. Johnson champions means that he is the top topper, set of his class. Now there is a grown man to deprive him of the right to dictate in a fight with a white man and a white fight. This is injustice. The white man must tell him where has this sentiment manifested itself? In America and in America alone. the promoters of this country did but insist on anything at all, to pull off a match, and to have a second seemed to have labored under the opinion Johnson was not sincere in his demand. They called a fight with the Canadian. They called a fight with the yellow streak. But wait until Johnson yellow streak and you will be unable to count the Yellow streak who are constantly bobbing up and down in the various newspapers to count the various newspapers to count. Johnson been named champion of Sims. Johnson have become interested, not with pop art, but with music, which we predicted in case he defended. Much different from the English, German, French and Australian muralistic eng THE GULLIVER OF THE DAY. TALK ABOUT LOOKS LIKE RIMS IS THAT THE JACK JAMESSON MEAR SO MUCH BUT ME FOR THE STAGE GREATEST ON EARTH FAM JEFFRIES CORBET FIT CHOWNSKI SHARKEY MARKA BLEW I'LL DRAW THE I'LL LINE ON THAT COLOR-LINE ON THAT FELLOW ME MUCH FOR ME thuslasts, the home folks, those who ought to be his friends, have been using him to slander and schemes to deny his ability to win. There are title. "Ben Tillman" John L. Sullivan that he refuses to recognize Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion and (as a specimen) a champion, said before the fight that Johnson would defeat the white champion. Though he thought Jack would win the title, he does give him the credit due as a champion which is true of many other sportsmen. So strong has the desire to dethrone the N.Y. champion become that James J. Jeffries, who have an equal chance with Johnson—the retired champion who has said "Let it be understood that I will never fight again" have an equal chance into the limelight as being the last to win supremacy. There is now no doubt of Jeffries intention to re-enter the ring. He understood that he would play on a theatrical tour. Believing it to be true, the big Californiaian will step back into the roped square, although he strenuously (?) denies the charge, the fans have already agreed to the fact between Johnson and Jeffries. They say Jeffries will dictate. Well, this is as this to who will be dictator? John is as this to who will be dictator? On the 21st that in case of a fight between himself and Jim Jeffries the third man must be a Negro if held on American soil, or a white if held on "old countries" he may be a foreign but not an American or in sympathy with an American prejudice. Who dictates? The character John is Jim Johnson. Who is Jack Johnson? A Negro and a real Negro. Even this early in the game he was his say, and the fight (of course we are sure) nears, he will have more to say. Sam Langford put a damper on the confidence of the Jack Johnson admirers when he gave out the statement that he was the greatest living barrison—James Jeffries. Jeffries Langford held that Jeffries is the greatest living fighter is taken somewhat as an authority, as the old warhorse is well acquainted with the sport and the tactics of the fighters in the game, and has been eager to play a game with Johnson. He decided 26 of the past year, though they have met before. He finally knocked the chip off for a go in May and we believe that he was the greatest manners. Sam's anxiety to meet Johnson is the barring of Jeffries, who is expected to meet Johnson, doesn't speak so well of the black champion's chances with the vaudeville actor. Sam's victory is certainly a moneymaker for Jeffries. It has brought him before the people more strongly than did his (Jeff's) victories over Bob Fitzsimons in a stage life, for which he will receive $3,500 per week for ten weeks. If he enters the ring again, just think of the amount of money in pursues that have been promised him thousands and thousands of dollars. He doubtless doubtless be doubled. After his ten weeks vaudeville tour of the Eastern ci- IS THE JACK JIMSON TALK ABOUT NEAR 30 - MUCH LOOKS LIKE ALL I CAN TRIM HIM OUT ME FOR THE STAGE BOSS GREATEST ON EARTH FAM JEFFRIES CORBET JACKSON ties will grab him, which means several more thousands in his pocket. John L. has offered a large money bag of cash for the job. Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries. Just think of Sullivan offering a purse for a Negro-white man bout. It doesn't seem possible as passions before, but Sullivan has his glory refusing to fight Peter Jackson, one of the greatest human fighting machines ever born, because he was a Negro. He expressed himself as a passionate fight at Sydney, Australia, with a disregard to a Negro's worthiness to battle a white man. We wonder if the old ringster has forgotten the posting that the Negro has no right to hold a position. Sullivan has been continually poisoning the minds of the sporting world with the dope that a Negro has no right to hold a position. Why Sullivan should take so much upon himself to contribute demands and gossip, sweetened with hate, denouncing the goons of the world. He denounced the goons. The Irishman would sound much better with his mouth closed. The title Johnson holds Sullivan never had and he dared not to claim it. The Texas lad is champion of the world; he is only champion of America—a little fish. * * * Joe Gans says that Johnson is a wonderful fighter. We say so too, but few men are in position to say this as is Joe. Then, too, a wonder of Joe, Gans says so. This makes us believe more firmly that Johnson is what he is cracked up to be. Joe has handled the gloves with the champion while he was in training, and he knows full well with the power and military tactics of Jack resorts. So well did he know "Artha's" ability and knowledge of the game that his prediction of the outcome of the Burns-Johnson was first, Johnson would win; second, the bout would last but fifteen rounds; this he misjudged by one round, but we may overlook it when we think of the many pitfalls of the ring who predicted the fight to go from two to four rounds less and from three to six rounds more than the mill actually went. Not only did he estimate the victor and the number of correctly, but he knew THE FREEMAN. AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER the method which “Artha” would use to put the French-Canadian away. For a little dope on the outcome of a Johnson-Jeffries match on the old prognosticator can give it to you. It will be a great disappointment if Jenkins has to lose the truth in the will he fails fight against it will be a disappointment to himself, too. Because Johnson defeated Burns the American, because Burns are dissatisfied and because Burns was defeated the Americans in England are satisfied. The reason for this difference between theanken and Burns' actions will be the difference of Burns' actions. The Americans in England have a dislike for Burns because he failed to contribute to a charitable cause. Jimmy Cunningham, an American, was given a bursary for donations were given to a burial fund. Burns was asked for a contribution of $25, which he refused by saying “Charity is a matter of revenge. And that Tommy had won a victory over Moir and was receiving $1,000 a week for a vaudeville act, the Americans became sore on Burns. His fight with Johnson was a bitter revenge. And the ebony fighter was given a great avation for the feat he accomplished. Now since the colored fans of the "Windy City" have made a pot of $10,000 to back Jack in a fight with any white fighter, the choir is now being the center of Chicago's attention. Charles J. Lewis of Chicago is making an effort to create a fund of $100,000 to present to Jeffries an inducement to re-enter the arena and play in the city. He has a neat little sum from the Indiana sports. JACK BLACKBURN A MURDERER. Primarily the Cause. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Charles Blackburn, a champion of tactical fighting champions, better known as Jack Blackburn, woh is accused of killing Alonzo Polk, has been committed on a charge of murder pending action by the coroner. Blackburn is said to have planned the shooting. In a cab he went to the home of Alonzo Polk, colored, with Maude Pillan, a white woman, with whom he had been married. He was on the door while Blackburn, who was intoxicated, remained in the vehicle. The white woman started a quarrel with Polk and his wife and when she was attacked he was armed with a pistol and commenced to shoot. ANTI-RACETRACK BILL. California Legislature Cast a Vote of 66 to 10 for Its Passage. SACRAMENTO, Cal.—The lower house of the General Assembly passed the Otis Assembly to move the Assemblyman Grove L. Johnson of Sacramento moved for a reconsideration. No GULLIVER OF THE WALD HAS A WONDER TOO GEE THAT GUYS CERTAINLY IS POWERFUL—I FIGHT IS WOULD DAYT FIGHT HIM FOR A MINT REMARKABLE! SHARKE Jack Johnson Looks to T How Jack Johnson Looks to Them. several vote was taken on the bill in the Senate. An attempt in that body to call the bill from committee met opposition and resisted in an agreement to impose the public morals committee report on the measure. Columbia and at one point in its now s new m ney bag A WEEK IN THE QUAKER CITY. Monday—Washington Sporting Club, Tommy O'Keele of Southwark and Young Nitchie of Kensington. West A. C., Jack Fitzgerald of West Philadelphia and Jack Robinson of Chicago. Tommy O'Keele of A. C., John Wille of Chicago and George Gunther of Australia. Thursday—Broadway A. C., Phil McGovern of Brooklyn and Charley Harvey of Chicago. Friday—Nopparail A. C., Young Nitchie and Tommy Langdon, both of Philadelphia. Saturday—National A. C., Mickey Gannon of Pittsburgh and Paddy Sullivan of New York. Frankfort A. C., Yankee Gannon will meet Happy Davis and Johnny Lober, both of Philadelphia, three rounds each. GREENVILLE (TEX.) NINE. GREENVILLE, Tex.-Special.-T. M. Holloway is signing some fast men of the University. He is Clark, Rondo Wells and C. Johnson, of Colorado, Tex., has promised to be on the list. A number of the South Texas and Alabama boys are expected to be in line soon. CRESCENT CITY COURT CONVICTS Bookmakers Appeal to Supreme Court Without Delay. NEW ORLEANS, La.—The second stage in the test of the Locke anti-race-track gambling law was passed when the two bookmakers, Placid Frigerio and R. M. Sheffield were convicted before Judge Christen. The defense built up a fine case on technicalities, contending that there was no such thing as a bookmaker, using the testimony of Edward Coyrigan, Patrick M. Civil and W. H. Fizer for this purpose, but the judge, in his decision, gave a definition of a bookmaker that will probably supply a long-felt want and mark a new era in racing prudence. The defense gave notice of appeal and the court ordered him to be married to the Supreme Court without delay. GEORGE B. ROGERS. Soon to Meet George Dempsey at Columbus, Ohio. The subject of Akron, O, and is another feet and weighs ster is attracting his sketch was born at 29 years of age. He stocking 5 pounds. The considerable, atpellent M. C. H. GEORGE B. ROGERS. among "pugs" and fans in the Middle West. His ring generalship and gameness in action have won favorable comment from the best critics in the leading paper. Rogers numbers among his most important authors before the Bite Athletic Club. He defeated Joe Grimm in a terrific contest of fifteen rounds at Erie, Pa., Feb. 10, 1977. He lost to Cy Filman Jan. 8, 1966 at Buffalo in eight rounds. He is open to meet any local heavyweight. He is the brother of the late John Sullivan and foot runner of Buffalo and Columbus, to whom all communications should be addressed at 155 North Third street, Columbus. Arrangements have been perfected and articles signed for a go with Geo. Dempsey February 4 at the Southern Theatre, DAY. DRAW THE I'LL LINE ON THAT COLOR-LINE — TOO FELLOW — ME MUCH FOR ME HEYLNECK Them. Columbus. These two have met before, and at that time Dempsey won. Since then Rogers has been in the East and he is now confident that he can take Dempsey's measure this time. Dempsey is reported to have been taking prescriptions. He'll do the most of his training work at Landerfeit's, 184 West Mount street. JOE GANS TO RE-ENTER RING. Special to THE FREEMAN. BALTIMORE, Md.—Once more will Joe Rocap be third man in the ring. Match between him and Young Erne has been dated to take place February 10 at Philadelphia. It will cost the promoters just $2,500 for Gans' part for eight minutes of boxing, and the rest of the ground contest. Some disagreement took place over weight in which Joe wanted catch weights and would not stand for it. They will meet at 135 pounds at a boxing hall, and chance to enter in championship class. Bill Rocap will be third man in the ring. THE SUNDAY BASEBALL BILL. Thomas Brolley of North Vernon is the defender of the Sunday baseball bill that has been presented in the Indiana Legislature as proposed. The same as were contained in his bill two years ago, which was defeated after a lively fight. It amends section 468 of the Act of 1905 concerning public offenses, to make that section read as follows: "It shall be unlawful for any person, or persons, to engage in playing any game of baseball, football or basketball, where any reward or prize or profit or article of value is depending on the result of such game, on the first day of the week, common law day, or on any other day, such game shall be permitted and allowed on Sunday between the hours of 2 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon, not less than 1,000 feet distant, less than二百 feet, or permanent church structure used for religious services; and provided that such game or games are conducted in an orderly manner. This act shall be deemed guilty of this act. --- meanor and on conviction shall be fined not exceeding $25." The chances of this bill becoming a law are regarded as much greater than at previous session. The ministers of the city, however, will make a bitter fight against it. A. G. ROGERS. One of the substantial business men of the city, he is Mr. Al Rogers of Buffalo, the well-known host. In addition to his well-known place at 50 nine street, Buffalo, N. Y., is now condominium, well known to the saloon and sporting fraternity, and numbers among his friends in the best-known colored business men in the city, including his brother George's pugilistic career. FOOTBALL PLAYER IN RING Al Kubiak Puts Him Through a Rough Scrimage. PHILADELPHI, Pa.-Ed Casey, star tackle of last year's Villa Nova football stealing men who believe of athletes and stealing men who believe of athletes, fit them for the prize ring when he mused his Queensberry debut at the National A.C. Saturday night. His opponent was Al Kubal, who so badly beaten that referee McGuigan brought the bourn aelril into the fifth round. About the only points in the former football team, he and willingness. He took a hard lacing in every round. Kubak's blows opened his mouth and closed an eye. Casey was on the team when McGuigan interfered, but he was a beaten man and never would have survived the limit. LEXINGTON (KY.) BOUT OFF. LEXINGTON, KY—Marvin Hart and Mike Schreck recently offered to meet here the two players who have been deemed to the Good Samaritan and St. Joseph Hospitals of this city. Everything was practically arranged when the hospital offered to pay the money secured from a prizefight. This notice was given Hart and Schreck and known that the fighting game is dead in KY. "THUNDERBOLT" ED SMITH. The subject of this sketch was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 3, 1884. In his stocking feet he stands 5 feet 3 inches and weighs 5 pounds. He has figured in some famous battles, the more prominent of which include: Jack Blackburn, two draws; Kid Wilson, two draws; John Holly beaten in six rounds; Steve Crosby beaten in six rounds; Geo. Cole beaten in BENNETT six rounds; Vernon Campbell beaten in six rounds; Sam Boland beaten in six rounds; Kid Ash beaten in fifteen rounds; Geo. Dempsey beaten in six rounds; Wm. Spencer beaten in six rounds; WJP llamas knocked out in three rounds; Geo. Givens knocked out in three rounds; Jack Young knocked out in eleven rounds. Smith is open to all comers in his class. He manager, Tom O'Rouke, will back him for an account from $100 to $1,000 against any comers from 148 to 160 pounds. Address all communications to Thomas O'Rouke, care of Ohio State Journal, Columbus, O. LARRY TEMPLE BADLY BEATEN. Floored in Four of Six Boxes—Gong Saves Him From Knockout. PITTSEBURG, Pa.—Larry Temple met his superior last week when he fought SMOKI Monypeny Ha Club House BOU BUCH For the Kidne BUCHUGIN For the Kidneys and Blader. For Sale at all Bars OLD CHARTER TUDOR W AT GREAT Finest Bouquet. 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The Mayne Club will meet Monday with Mrs. Mayne Sheton, $10 N. California street. Malon Reese, a well-known hotel man. ill at his home at Douglass and Center streets. Amanda Glover went to Cincinnati Thursday to attend an anniversary celebration of a relative. Miss Grace Winburn of Kokomo has entered the Nurses' Training class at Dr. Ward's Sanitarium. The Frau Fran Club was entertained by Mrs. Martin in Bright street Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Belle Craighead, well-known in fraternal circles, is at the City Hospital undergoing treatment. She was treated of 1107 N. West street is able to be out again after a successful operation for appendicitis. Mrs. G. H. Shaffer was called to Springfield, O. during the week because of the illness. Miss Helen Pritchett finished her work at Shortridge High School last Friday, and will be formally graduated in February. The Woman's Improvement Club will meet Thursday evening, Feb. 11, with Mrs. Lillian Brown, 1109 N. Senate avenue. Mrs. Brown will be at Anderson during the week, given at the home of Mrs. Mary Wooten, her niece. Dr. Joseph H. Ward has been invited to the Grand Marshall's staff in the inaugural address of President Taft, at Washington March 4. Queen Esther Court of the Calle, No. 264, will meet the first and third Fridays of each month at the Castle Hall, corner Gorge and Illinois streets. Revival services being held at Bethel A. M. E. Church are increasing in interest and in attendance. There have been several conversions during the week. Mrs. Edna Grew Winston, formerly of the University of Chicago, will attend in the city Saturday. She came to attend the funeral of a niece, Luella Marshall. Bishop C. T. Shaffer returned to his home at Chicago Monday. He will leave Monday for Jacksonville, Fla., to attend a meeting of bishops' council, to be held in that city. Mrs. Oscar B. Wood, accompanied by her A Regular Customer is a satisfied one. 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They were en route to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. George L. Knox are the captains of Jars and from Mrs. Harper after Jars or which they are grateful. Mrs. Graves has forgotten her Kentucky generosity. A necktie carnival and dance will be given for charity at Odd Fellows Hall, Tuesday evening, 16, by the Women's Dyke Preservation attending will receive a necktie as a souvenir. W. P. Comer, district superintendent of the Sunday Schools of the Richmond district will go to Richmond to look after the work of the district, and organize a home department and to establish a cradle roll. The one hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's chapel, at West Twenty-fifth street, Sunday, Rebruary 14. Drs. A. K. J. King and G. L. Jones and Prof. W. E. Grubbsville be the speakers. Special music, T. R. Prentiss, promenade. The Young Mens' Choral Society, composed of about 25 men, will render musical numbers at the evening services of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Marindale avenue Sunday, Jan. 31, at 8 p. m. Mr. Francis J. Johnson is the director. A treat is in Wallace Woolfolk, Chorister. The Rev. J. S. Bailey, pastor of Simpson Church, engaged in arrangements for the meeting of the Hammond branch of the Methodist Episcopal Conference, which meets at Simpson Chapel, March. One hundred and seventy delegates attended the meeting, Bishop W. F. Anderson of Chattawaoga, Tenn., will preside. Mrs. Delania Hammonds, residing four miles northwest of Noblesville, died last week after a short illness, at the age of 81. She also died the same week of heart failure. Mrs. Hammonds' funeral took place Sunday, and Mr. Hammonds' Tuesday, Mrs. Hammonds' Thursday, and Edward N. Perkins, and Mrs. Ora Dunlap of this city and Mr. Hammonds an uncle. Mesdames Susie Anderson and Millie Alexander are two of the leading colored business women of Indianapolis. They are engaged in the millinery and hair business in Millie Alexander, a milliner, holding diplomas from two schools. She has been giving the best satisfaction to her patrons. Mrs. Alexander is an expert manufacturer of hair accessories for fortune seekers, a choice of location and securing the beautiful room store that they occupy. Being prepared in all respects to satisfy the demands of the most fastidious, it is more than likely that their trade will be found at 324 Indiana avenue. INFORMATION WANTED Any information of the whereabouts of Marion Sharp. Sam. John and Melvina are her sons and daughter, who were owned by Susan Sharp (white), and lived at Petersburg, Va. My name is Rachel Sharp, and I live at 106 Burford street, Dallas, where I can take the consideration of everyone in helping me to find my people through The Freeman. DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN MAN. Willis Pope, a pioneer of the city where he had lived since 1864, has passed away. He bought a section of ground in the southeastern part of the city where he had lived in the city's stock raising. By industry and economy he had accumulated considerable and leaves his widow in comfortable circumstances. He had for years been a member of Olivet Baptist Church, from which his funeral was held. He had enjoyed comparatively good health until recently, and on Christmas day entertained a large company of friends at dinner. His funeral took place exactly one month from that date. He leaves besides a widow a brother and sister. His funeral was held in Olivet Baptist Church and was largely attended. GRADUATING EXERCISES Interesting exercises were held at the McCoy School (No. 24) Thursday morning at the clock of a large audience. Patrons and friends of the school. There were twelve graduates. A Lincoln program was the order of exercise. The program was interspersed by special classes. Dr. Summer A. Frevius presented the diplomas. The graduates gift to the school was a set of office furniture, which was of handsome design and showed much care. The students worked done by the 7th and 8th grade pupils was to be seen in one of the rooms. The boys cooking and woodworking classes also were present. G. W. Hayes is principal of the school. School No. 26, in Martindale avenue, held special exercises Thursday morning. A special exercise is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. Next Sunday a very unique subject will be handled by Dr. J. H. Manley of Little Rock, Ark., with the help of the caller, "What kind of a husband are you?" What no doubt prove of great interest and, therefore, will draw a large attendance as Dr. Manley comes highly recommended as an orator of no mean music by orchestra, doors open at 3 p. m. Men only. McColl Bible Class every Sunday morning from 8 to 9 a. m. Rev. C. W. McColl who has been teaching the class since its beginning resigned last Sunday owing to his inability to be with the class regularly. Rev. H. J. Gallis, pastor of Jones Tabernacle A. M. E. Z. Church, has been selected to teach the class and will now be its regular teacher. All men are invited. All men who are not connected with the Y. M. C. A. should become members at once, and all men who are not connected as a special inducement at this time all persons who enter now will be permitted to attend Night School for the balance of the season without any extra charge. Now SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. The new semester opens Monday, February 1, at 8:30. For the guidance of pupils and parents, please follow directing instructions for publication for students. Pupils now in school will continue in the same session room through the next semester. Entering from the Indianapolis elementary schools with recommendation for credit in English will report as follows: Those whose surnames begin with A to H, inclusive, will report to Room 42. Those whose surnames begin with I to Z, inclusive, will report to Room 44. Pupils who enter from the Indianapolis elementary schools, and are not given credit in English, will report as follows: F, inclusive, will report to Room 62. Those whose surnames begin with G to L, inclusive, will report to Room 38. Those whose surnames begin with M to R. Those whose surnames begin with S to Z inclusive will report to Room 48. Pupils who must be examined for entrance will be given a chance on Thursday, January 28, at 8:30 in Room 42, and on Friday, January 29, at 8:30 in Room 37. Miss Donna will have charge of the rooms, and no one will be permitted to be examined except on an appropriate examiner. Examinations in all subjects taught in Shortridge High School will be offered on Friday, January 29, at Room 42. Pupils asking advanced standing, or who are dissatisfied with credits received during the current semester, may arrange with the heads of departments to have their fees charged. A DIME CAMPAIGN. A great Dime Campaign is the talk of the hour among friends and members of the Young Colored Women's Protective Association; the plan is to raise one mile of dimes with which to clean the place from debt, and to create a Current Expense Fund so that Miss Walker, the president, who last year met the entire financial obligation of the Association from her lectures and readings will be enabled to spend more time in the classroom. The Institution which is a literary, social, philanthropic and industrial center for our girls. Attractive little slips holding one foot of dimes each are to be found in the hands of the students. For the ten dollar gold piece to be given as first prize to the one raising the great- THE FREEMAN AN ILLUSTRATED COLORED NEWSPAPER The genuine Carter's Rheumatic Remedy sent by mail on receipt of price 50 cts (stamps) has cured others; will cure you. Address R.P. Blood. druggest. Indianapolis. Ind. FOR RENT Three and four room flats; new building; modern improvements: eight and nine dollars, to desirable colored tenants. Morales, Jaxon & Bland 330% Indiana Ave. MISCELLANEOUS Bennett Bros : Transfer, Coal, Kindling, Flour, and Feed. 417 Indiana Avenue, New Phone 2977. WANTED—Reliable colored agents. Good pay; outfit free: big demand; credit given. Chowning Card Co.. Indianapolis, Ind. Widow, 45 years old. comfortable home, some means, wishes to correspond with Christian gentleman 50 or 55 years. Mrs. Anna M. White, box 37, Hope, Idaho. For Sale—City drug store. Money-maker. elite colored patronage, rare chance for a hustled colored pharmacist or as an investment. Fifteen dollars down. balance easy terms. Address H. 305 W. St. Clair street. Indianapolis, Ind. Notice—Any one knowing the address or whereabouts of William Henry Shanks, colored, who was last heard from by his father in Nashville. Tenn., in the year 1899, please communicate at once with William Shanks, 223 East 18th street, Topeka, Kas. Mrs. Susie Anderson, NEW MILLINERY STORE. Beautifulroom. Everything up-to-date. Work guaranteed. Feathers Cleaned, Curled, Dyed. 324 INDIA AVENUE. Mrs. Millie Aléxander. 324 INDIANA AVENUE est number of feet over ten; the second prize, a dollar gold piece will go to the one reporting the greatest number of feet over five. To the contestants out of six of the seven of whom will be given; it was deemed necessary to offer two sets of prizes as the girls who live in other parts felt they would be at too great disadvantage contesting against the contestants. The institution is located. Many friends are entering the contest for the sake of the cause and great results are expected, the contestants will be located by Fay 17, Fred Douglas' birthday, and the entire race will be finished by March 17. Contestants in Indianapolis are, Misses Walker, Iola Mille, Iola Cover, Dillie Dasker, Jessie Darnell, Crown Brown, Dasker, Laura Ellington, Ellen Dean, and Madames Catherine Samuel and Loddie Snowden. Contestants from other cities will be reported next week. DRUGGIST GRAVES. Gilbert H. Graves, the well-known cut rate druggist at 12th and N. West streets, who successfully brought the drug trust is the most successful druggist in state state entirely employing colored help. Mr. Graves and his wife are both registered pharmacists and eight well-known medical Managers will be there in addition to the family are the colored clerks. Anthony Courtney is a graduate of the Louisville High School and also a graduate of the Medical School and a professor of the Winona Technical Institute of this city. Mr. Courtney is one of the most young colored pharmacists in the country, and he deserves the courtesy and patronage of the race in employing him. In addition to Mr. Courtney is also to be found Jesse Willis, who is a busing and aspiring as well as obliging clerk. EDWARD DORSEY, CENTEURIAN, DIES AT AGE OF 108. Edward Dorsey, perhaps the oldest man in Marion County, if not in the State, died Monday at his home, 1250 Vandamman street, Marion, Iowa. Edward Dorsey had lived in Indianapolis for the past 40 years. He had been married eight times and was the father of 10 children. He was born a slave near Georgetown, KY, and moved to Indianapolis when he spent in Arkansas, he spent his life until coming to this city thirty-six years ago. He belonged to a man named Oliver Gaines who moved to a Southern trader when he was about five years old, and as a means of identifying him, should she ever meet him she would be there. He was still visible at his death. Dorsey was reared in Georgetown, and is apparently proud of the fact that he was not a plantation negro. He was of a more modest background, consisting of about horses, as Mr. Gaines was a horse dealer and conducted a large stable in Georgetown. He the civil war broke out Dorsey joined the Federal army. He fought as a private for two years during the war, and then came to this city, where he lived in Indianapolis. He then entered the Soldiers' Home at Marion. During the war the most serious wound he received was on top of his head, where he was stabbed through the scalp, but apparently made no impression on the skull. The old Enfield rifle he carried in the war, he says, is still in his possession. He knew all of the hardships of slavery. He remembered the battle with the French. He met the esteem upon several occasions. He also talks of the stars falling, and could remember lying on the ground where the slaves were buried. He remembered his wives except one are dead. His funeral was held at Simpson Chapel, Thursday afternoon under the auspices of Martin R. Delany Post. He leaves several children in his care. CONSULT A LAWYER BY MAIL If in need of a competent lawyer's advice or service, take no chance of doing without. Such risk may mean much trouble and a great loss to you in the future. If you are unable to give advice or particulars you wish advice on with $2 and a carefully prepared opinion, suggestions or form will be sent you by return mail. $100,000 incorporated capital back of each advice or suggestion given or services rendered to the American Correspondence branch of law. Our fee for doing anything or giving advice on any subject by mail. $2. Address O. Augustus Wright. Address O. American Correspondence School of Law, 1248 Third St. S. W. Washington, D. C. THE FREEMAN AT BALTIMORE. Special to THE FREEMAN. The freeman can be secured at any time at 602 Room, Entrance, or Camden Station baggage Room. Harry M. Cubbins, representative. Business Locals. Woodbine Perfume, Oh! how fragrant exquisite, enchanting, bewitching. Only at Blodau's Drug Store. 'Phone your wants to us. We call for and deliver prescriptions. Any thing ordered by 'phone will be selected as carefully as if you called in person. No extra charges. Gauld's Pharmacy, New 1178: Old, Main 4032. Cloak and Skirt Bargains. Skirts for Women, of panama or broadcloths, plaited or circular styles, plain or trimmed, colors brown, blue and black; up to $6.00 values, sale price.....$2.95 Cloaks for Women, handsome, satin lined, 50 inch broadcloth cloaks, satin or braid trimmed; up to $15.00 values, sale price.....$5.00 Waists for Women, of check challis, 50c grade on sale.....29c Underwear for Men, Yeager color, fleece lined, shirt and drawers, all sizes; regular 50c grade, sale price, suit, 75c; each.....39c Swastika Cures YOU Have suffered, have tried everything and still have Sore throat, old sores, mucus patches in mouth, erupted hands, hair, eyebrows falling out. Hereditary or contracted, no matter how long standing. Swastika Positively. Permanently Cures in 30 to 60 days. Never had a failure. Write for Booklet-Free. Swastika Company, 1431 Broadway. Suite 408. New York City ROBT. FULGORA, General Manager. A. G. Rogers, Saloon and Pool Room Telephone, Citizens, 7289. 155 N. Third St., Columbus, O. ALSO ROGERS' PLACE, 50 Vine Street, DINGERSON BROS. Dealers in groceries, fresh and smoked meats. Give us a call and be convinced that we can save you money. Cut Rate Market No. 2, 672 Center St. Main Store Shelby and Lampton Streets. Home Phone 8072. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY For Colored People Grocery and Meat Market. MRS. LYDA SKAGGS 413 Eighth St., Louisville, Ky. Straighten Your Hair DEAR SIBS:—I have used only one bottle of your pomade and now I would not be without it, for it makes my hair soft and straight and easy to comb and also starts a new growth. MRS. W. F. WALKER, Sta. I-Harriman, Tenn. Ford's Hair Pomade (Formerly known as Ozonized Ox Marrow) Fifty years of success has proved its merits. The skin of the baby is soft, born, hardy, kinky or curly-hair straight, soft and glossy and easy to comb, and arrange in any style desired consistent with its length. Removes and prevents dandruff, invigorates the skin and helps to prevent or break off and gives it new life and vigor. Absolutely harmless—used with splendid resin even on the youngest children. Do not use, as it may cause, as ladies of refinement everywhere declare. makes Hulu more verwenden declare. The best results, don't buy anything else alleged to be "just good." If you want the best results, buy the best Pomade-it will pay you. Look for this name If your druggist cannot supply you with the genuine, we will send you one bottle regular size for - - - - - . $ . 50 Three bottles - - - - - . 140 Six - - - - - . 2.50 One bottle, small - - - - . 25 We pay postage and express charges to all points we send Postal or Express Money Order. At order, shipped promptly on receipt of price. Address The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 133 East Kinnistie St. CHICAGO, IL FORD'S HAIR POMADE is made only in Chicago by the above firm. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Delila Scott-McCann. SHORTHAND WRITING A SPECIALTY. Letter Writing, Legal Papers, Addresses, Contracts, Circulars, Sermons. Office, 359+ Indiana Ave., Res. 620 N. Blackford St.. Indianapolis, Ind. New Phone 4117. JOHN T. CUSACK WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN CHINA, GLASS, HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS Hotel china, bar glassware, dinner and toilet sets, fine lamps and bric-a-brac. 357-361 W. Washington Street, Old Phone 4053. Indianapolis, Ind. TRADE MARK REG US PAT OFF GENE E KEITH COMPANY The 1909 Vulcan CABINET Gas RANGE Comfort to the CABINET GAS Perfection of Comfort This up-to-date CABINET GAS month, complete with saucepan and 18-inch size, four top burners and cooking outfit of triple Saucepan $28 80 Cash; $32.00 Warming oven on top The Indiana 45 South Penns Capital N UNITED STATES Capital Surplus and Prof Resources OFFICI FRANK D. STALNAKER, President, GWYNN F. F. Cas Transact a General Banking Bus Courteous SAFE DEPOSIT B Delays are Insure your property against strong companies, promi H. C. TUTTLE 200 North De AGENTS For Johnson's History and Light Ahead No better books for stimul can be in your library. Enterta to the young. Price 75c per sion to agents. Address Art to the Cook, Perfection in Cooking, Convenient in the CABINET GAS RANGE is being sette with saucepan shelf, large elevated four top burners and simmering burner of triple Saucepans, Toaster, and Cal to Cash; $32.00 on Easy Pay- ing oven on top if desired, $4 Indianapolis Gas South Pennsylvania St Capital - - - - - $ 500,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $220,000.00 OFFICERS: ALNAKER, ANDRE ent, GWYNN F. PATTERSON, Cashier. a General Banking Business. Your Account Courteous Treatment. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT We are Danger your property against loss by FIRE. W ong companies, prompt and fair adjustment. TUTTLE & BROTH 200 North Delaware Street. ENTS WANT Jason's History of the New Light Ahead for the New books for stimulating Race Price library. Entertaining to the old Price 75c per copy for each. Address Comfort to the Cook, Perfection in Cooking, This up-to-date CABINET GAS RANGE is being installed this month, complete with saucepan shelf, large elevated ovens of the 18-inch size, four top burners and simmering burner—including cooking outfit of triple Saucepans, Toaster, and Cake Griddle, for 45 South Pennsylvania Street. Delays are Dangerous Insure your property against loss by FIRE. We have strong companies, prompt and fair adjustments. H. C. TUTTLE & BROTHER 200 North Delaware Street. AGENTS WANTED For Johnson's History of the Negro Race, and Light Ahead for the Negro. No better books for stimulating Race Price and Progress can be in your library. Entertaining to the old and stimulating to the young. Price 75c per copy for each. Large commission to agents. Address E. A. JOHNSON. Room 732, Tribune Building. 154 Nassau St. One Agent writes: "They sell fast handled before." building. New es: "They sell faster than any book Room 732. Tribune Building. 154 Nassau St. New York City One Agent writes: "They sell faster than any books I have ever handled before." J. WALTER HODGE, REAL ESTATE, Fire, Accident and Health Insurance. See me for bargains if you are looking for a home or investment. Cash or easy payments. BOTH PHONES 1173. 536 Indians Ave. Indianapolis, Ind. ABEL BROTHERS (SUCCESSORS TO JONES & ABEL) UNDERTAKERS 423 West Ohio Street Calls answered day or night. New phone, 2451 Best service. Chapel for funerals L. T. MONTGOMERY, (Successor to BARNEY L. BREHM) Cor. St. Clair and West Streets. Prescriptions a Specialty. Drugs and drug sundries, toilet articles, Cigars and Tobaccos. Your Trade Solicited. DO YOU KNOW that you can save from 75 to 100 per cent. on all household goods bought of WILLIAM H. BARON dealer in new and second hand goods. It costs you nothing to inspect my stock. Always something on hand that is the very thing you need. Special bargains to young marri'd couples. Tires put on Go-carts. 333 Indiana Ave. 223 West Vermont street. --- Our Men's and Women's Shoes are all Union Made and Stamped. 28 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA ST. Bread Machine Cook, in Cooking, convenient in Style. AS RANGE is being installed this man shelf, large elevated ovens of the fires and simmering burner—including Toops, Toaster, and Cake Griddle, for 100 on Easy Payments. Pop if desired, $4.50 extra. Papolis Gas Co. Pennsylvania Street. National Bank STATES DEPOSITORY - - - $ 500,000.00 Profits - $220,000.00 - - - $6,400,000.00 FICERS: ANDREW SMITH, Vice-President, F. PATTerson, Cashier. Business. Your Account Solicited. Us Treatment. BOXES FOR RENT. The Dangerous Austin loss by FIRE. We have prompt and fair adjustments. E & BROTHER, Delaware Street. WANTED History of the Negro Race, Read for the Negro. Simulating Race Price and Progress Attaining to the old and stimulating or copy for each. Large commis- New York City. faster than any books I have ever Hatch Root & Herb Tonic Price 50 cents. (stamps or money order). The best remedy for Asthma. Catarrh Colds. Stomach Trouble. Blood. Rheum- tiam. Kidneys and Dyspepsia. The best for Constipation and good health. Manu- factured by ROBERT HATCH, 517 Indiana Ave. Indianapolis, Indiana Mail orders receive prompt attention. JOHN L. BARDMAKER MEAT MARKET Fresh and Salt Meats. N. E. COR. NORTH AND WEST STREETS. We render our Lard. Phone. Main. 4900. IN THE LEAD. Cafe, Restaurant, Oyster Day. Open Day and Night. Private Dining Room in Connection. C. Raines. 416 Indiana Ave. Charles H. Cook, PANTATORIUM Ladies' and Gentlemen's Garments Cleaned. Dyed and Pressed. First Class Work Guaranteed. 184 West New York Street.